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.
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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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