Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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 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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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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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