We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
AIMEE MULLINSIt is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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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 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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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