Aimee Mullins Quotes - Page 2

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• The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people's cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home, you feel impacted by not having it. It's an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.

  Aimee Mullins

  Home, Phones, Cells

  "'You just don't look disabled'". Interview with Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2010.

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• Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.

  Aimee Mullins

  Body, Disabled, Prosthetics

  "My 12 pairs of legs". TED Talk, www.ted.com. February, 2009.

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Children, Growing Up, Community

  "'You just don't look disabled'". Interview with Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2010.

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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, I feel that I've lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.

  Aimee Mullins

  Attitude, Men, Mad

  "US Paralympics TV coverage disappointing, says chef de mission" by Amelia Gentleman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Running, Sorry, Believe

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• With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

  Aimee Mullins

  Mean, Models

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Amputees, Facts, Opinion

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Glasses, Age, Hips

  "US Paralympics TV coverage disappointing, says chef de mission" by Amelia Gentleman, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2012.

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

  Aimee Mullins

  Issues, Disability, Interest

  "'You just don't look disabled'". Interview with Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2010.

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• I've said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.

  Aimee Mullins

  Believe, Body, I Believe

  "The Inspirational Aimee Mullins". Interview with Jeff Rivera, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 5, 2011.

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Softball, Girl, Player

  "What Are the New Secrets to Getting Ahead? Inspiring Ladies Spill to Glamour's 2012 Top 10 College Women!" by Lauren Iannotti, www.glamour.com. April 4, 2012.

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

  Aimee Mullins

  High Heels, Enough, Walks

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Curious, Feels

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Issues, People, Amputees

  "'You just don't look disabled'". Interview with Richard Galant, www.cnn.com. March 9, 2010.

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• 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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Who I Am, Work Out, Triumph

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Sports, Stories, Interviews

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Home, Night, Paper

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• 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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Success, Sports, Teamwork

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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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Running, Stress, Block

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

  Aimee Mullins

  Children, World, Firsts

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• You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.

  Aimee Mullins

  Technology, Thinking, Impact

  "Aimee Mullins: Double Amputee a Model, Athlete, Inspiration" by Matthew Rosenbaum and Lana Zak, abcnews.go.com. November 30, 2012.

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

  Aimee Mullins

  Champion, Innovation, Individuality

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• In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'

  Aimee Mullins

  Ideas, Possibility, Athletics

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• If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.

  Aimee Mullins

  Childhood, Watches, Film

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• The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is - before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful - do whatever makes you feel confident. 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.

  Aimee Mullins

  Beautiful, Sleep, Kissing

  "Aimee Mullins Muses on Beauty, Fame". Interview with Katya Foreman, wwd.com. May 30, 2011.

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