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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.

Aimee Mullins

For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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Children Community Disability Felt Growing Identity Ownership Up
I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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Amputee Asking Challenge Disable Handicap Journalist Knee Physical
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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Around Believe Continual Running Sorry Sunshine Want
Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Children Come Day First Some World
Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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Belted Coaster Constant Down Life Roller Thousand Time Up
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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Creep Doubt Generate Incredibly Infectious May Momentum Outweight Self
In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Athletic Idea Possibility Presume
I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Believe Body Confidence Part Sexy
And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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Certainly Come Enough Evolve Impact Language Technology
If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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Achieve Children Device Left Own
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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Dream Easy People Point Responsibility Shape Some Yourself
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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Chase Chasing Dream Moaner Myself People Surround
Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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Adversity Care Easy Meet Prepare Responsibility Simply Well
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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Beautiful Besides Kissing Out Sleep Water
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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Dinner Home Mum Night Paper Round Work
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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Breast Cavity Disability Enhancement Nose Part

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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