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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More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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 have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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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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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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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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