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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.

Aimee Mullins

An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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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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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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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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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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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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