It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSI would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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’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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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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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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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 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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