People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
AIMEE MULLINSGiving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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 had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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