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.
AIMEE MULLINSI 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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