You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
AIMEE MULLINSI think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand 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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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