Aimee Mullins Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Weakness Quotes

I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their 'disability.' 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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

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Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.

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Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.

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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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The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation.

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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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It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.

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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. 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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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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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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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled. 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.

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It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!

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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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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. 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'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

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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. It's about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It's about being balanced.

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