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.
AIMEE MULLINSI hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest 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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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