Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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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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I don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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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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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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