Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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