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.
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 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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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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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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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.
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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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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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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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