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.
AIMEE MULLINSIn athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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’?
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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