"There’s an important difference and distinction between the……" — Aimee Mullins
"There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled. Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions."
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Now I know why they call them pay stubs. My take home pay has been amputated. Thanks Obama.
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