Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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