I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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