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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.

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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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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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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 isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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Adversity Ground Life Living Need Obstacle Order Resume
The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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