It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
AIMEE MULLINSOur responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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