I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘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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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 you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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.
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For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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