I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
AIMEE MULLINSAdversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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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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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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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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