It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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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.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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When 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.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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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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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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