And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
AIMEE MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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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 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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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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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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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