Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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