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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

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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Curious Explore Feel Really Something Take
In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Athletic Idea Possibility Presume
For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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Children Community Disability Felt Growing Identity Ownership Up
We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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Adapt All Bullet Everything Instant Point See Stuff Triumph
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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Beautiful Broken Heart Discover Humanity Potential
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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Dream Easy People Point Responsibility Shape Some Yourself
Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Children Come Day First Some World
I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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Advantage Bring Girl Learn Overlook Player Softball
If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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Apartment Confident Dance Feel Great Kissing Make Record Rocking Someone
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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Beautiful Childhood Confident Feel Film Watch
A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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Body Life Lot Prove
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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Able Being Block Body Compromise Few Mind Run Running Stress Time
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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Amputee Arm Bone Cerebral Flesh Know Leg Palsy
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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Disable Double Fact Make Objective Opinion Subjective
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
Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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Beauty Body Confidence Funny Hilarious Part Sexiest Sexy Woman

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