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 MULLINSOur insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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