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title: "2 Cerebral Quotes By Aimee Mullins"
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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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/i-m-not-an-advocate-for-disability-issues-human-issues-are-what-2/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

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> [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. I don't speak for such huge and diverse groups. What I've tried to do, what I've been fortunate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/i-don-t-know-what-it-s-like-to-be-an-arm-amputee-or-have-even-one/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

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## More by Aimee Mullins

> [It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/it-s-an-objective-fact-that-i-am-a-double-amputee-but-it-s-very/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [Kids are naturally curious about what they don't know, or don't understand, or what is foreign to them. They only learn to be frightened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/kids-are-naturally-curious-about-what-they-don-t-know-or-don-t/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/in-sports-i-refused-to-do-any-interviews-that-were-just-going-to/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [I haven't had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/i-haven-t-had-an-easy-life-but-at-some-point-you-have-to-take/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/i-m-not-running-around-as-a-continual-ray-of-sunshine-it-s-just-i-don/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/i-didn-t-want-to-be-written-about-as-a-human-interest-story-i-didn-t/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/belief-in-oneself-is-incredibly-infectious-it-generates-momentum-the/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/i-have-learned-not-to-overlook-the-advantages-of-being-me-from-when-i/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/we-all-bullet-point-our-triumphs-but-i-am-who-i-am-because-of/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/a-lot-of-my-life-is-about-will-having-the-will-to-prove-what-my-body/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don't judge them either way. Some are for getting around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/my-varying-pairs-of-legs-can-be-quite-practical-or-quite-impractical/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/it-s-society-that-disables-an-individual-by-not-investing-in-enough/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/if-you-watch-any-john-hughes-film-of-the-eighties-that-was-my/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/in-athletics-the-idea-of-possibility-is-presumed-it-s-not-if-it-s-how/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

> [The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aimee-mullins/the-legs-that-i-have-made-are-far-more-perfect-than-the-ones-nature/)

[Aimee Mullins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aimee-mullins/)

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