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.
AIMEE MULLINSOur insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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 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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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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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 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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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