It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts! Aimee Mullins More Quotes by Aimee Mullins More Quotes From Aimee Mullins 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 phones cells home 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 roller-coaster get-better giving-up A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do. Aimee Mullins prove body life-is 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 mad attitude men True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves. Aimee Mullins true-beauty inner-beauty Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled. Aimee Mullins prosthetics disabled body I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all. Aimee Mullins disabled hate way If left to their own devices a child will achieve. Aimee Mullins devices achieve children 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 amputees issues people 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 triumph work-out who-i-am 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 growing-up community children 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 sorry running believe 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 opinion facts In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.' Aimee Mullins athletics possibility ideas 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 interviews stories sports 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 kissing sleep beautiful The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation. Aimee Mullins champion innovation individuality 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 impact technology thinking 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 girl player softball 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 hips glasses age
