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.
AIMEE MULLINSI’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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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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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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 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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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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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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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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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.’
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