I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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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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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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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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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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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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