The only true disability is a crushed spirit
AIMEE MULLINSI 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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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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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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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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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 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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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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