The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
AIMEE MULLINSEveryone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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