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’?
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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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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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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