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.’
AIMEE MULLINSWith L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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’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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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 hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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