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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.

Aimee Mullins

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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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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 admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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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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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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Creep Doubt Generate Incredibly Infectious May Momentum Outweight Self
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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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.

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