Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSGiving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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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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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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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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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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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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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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