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.
AIMEE MULLINSThe Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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 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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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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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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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