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Whether it is your height, your weight or your skin, someone is going to pick on something and make fun of it. My legs were just a more obvious target.

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Fun Going Height Just Legs Make More Obvious Pick Skin Someone Something Target Weight Were Whether Your

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

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Champions Individuality Innovation Pentagon Place

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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.

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Allow Capable Creativity Enough Individual Investing Makes Quality Rare Show Society Someone Them Us Valuable

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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

Topics: Any Being Child Community Disabilities Disabled Ever Felt Grow Grow Up Identity Me Never Ownership Up

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I've had journalists asking me, 'What do we call you - is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?' I said, 'Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I'm a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.'

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Asking Bilateral Call Challenged Could Describe Disabled Had Handicapped Hopefully Journalists Just Me Physically Said Well You

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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

Topics: Advocate Arm Cerebral Disability Diverse Even Group Human Interest Issues Know Leg Like Me People Possibly Speak You

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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Being Case Disabilities Disability Does Everyone Insecurities Our People Presume Struggle Those

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I have found great power in taking my 'difference' out for a spin in a very public way. And usually, the worst, most personally embarrassing thing you imagine in your mind is often not anywhere near as bad in real life.

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: Anywhere Bad Difference Embarrassing Found Great Great Power Imagine Life Mind Most Near Often Out Personally Power Public Real Real Life Spin Taking Thing Very Way Worst You Your

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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

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

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A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.

~Aimee Mullins

Topics: About Body Having Life Lot My Life Prove Will

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: Unknown

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