Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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 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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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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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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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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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