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.
AIMEE MULLINSYou know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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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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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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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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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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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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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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