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.
AIMEE MULLINSWith L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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