23 Aimee Mullins Quotes for You to Enjoy

Aimee Mullins

American Athlete

Born: 1976

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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. Aimee Mullins

If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities we all have. It is our humanity and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful. Aimee Mullins

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

Me Disability Advocate Issues Human Interest

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. Aimee Mullins

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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves. Aimee Mullins

Beauty Someone True True Beauty Like Themselves

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

Life You Age Generation Glasses Will Every All-Around Some Point Knee Contacts Device Prosthetic Around Hip Replacement Person Pacemaker Whether Us Your Medical Assisted Need

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence. Aimee Mullins

Confidence Personality Beauty Indicator True Means

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

Possibility Athletics Idea How

I like it now when kids stare at me, because it is a way of starting a dialogue. And it is far better than them not looking at you at all. Nothing is worse than not being seen. Aimee Mullins

Me You Better Seen Looking Nothing Way Worse Kids Like Because Dialogue Than Being Them Far Now Stare Starting

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

I didn't want to be written about as a human-interest story. I didn't want to be a passing thing. You know, now we move on to the fat girl who had her stomach stapled. I didn't want to become a gimmick: the disabled model. Aimee Mullins

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

Stress Mind Few Controlling Run Able About Compromises Alleviating Like Balanced Pilates Around Block Times Just Being Breathing Body

If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. Similarly, if you're trying to broaden your mind but not also being attentive to your sense of humour and your spirit, then you're not going to grow and develop so fast. Aimee Mullins

Part of the reason I wanted to model was to push the boundaries and challenge the perceptions of what a beautiful body is supposed to look like. Why should I feel any differently about looking good than anyone else? Aimee Mullins

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

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I'll be giving a speech at the randomest place, like a bank or something, and a guy in a suit will say, 'I'm totally freaked out that I'm talking to the girl from 'Cremaster.' For the rest of my life, that movie will be playing in a museum somewhere. I never could have expected that huge response. Aimee Mullins

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I didn't see how wearing prosthetics was quite so different from being born with flaming red hair in a crowd of black-haired babies, or being of a different religion from that of every other child in your area. Aimee Mullins

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A couple of years ago, I had my DNA sequencing done, and it is all anonymous. When the results came back, my musculature type said, 'most likely to be a sprinter.' Aimee Mullins

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