Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
AIMEE MULLINSWhen I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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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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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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