Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
AIMEE MULLINSIn athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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 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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena 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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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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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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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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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.
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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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