I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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