If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
AIMEE MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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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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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 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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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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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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