Aimee Mullins Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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When something happens far back in the past, people often can't recall exact details. Blame depends upon point of view. There may be a villain, but reality is frustrating because it's often ambiguous.
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We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually are, not as we assume they are. This breaks their hypnotic and damaging hold on us.
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NASA should start thinking about this planet.
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You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.
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Me writing about tennis is like a baker baking bread.
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I hate being asked how I met my husband and very personal questions like that. I don't like that. People are too nosey. Intelligent questions I like, but sometimes people ask such silly, dopey ones.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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To understand why dictators have a problem with making peace - or at least a genuine peace - the link between the nature of a regime and its external behavior must be understood.
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Singing in Yiddish was a great thrill for me and came about through Joe Papp, the founder of The Public Theater.
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No characters in 'Stay Close,' including the leads, are black and white. I want them to be grey. I think that makes for a much more interesting reading experience, something that will stay with you a little bit longer.
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I need something to do when I'm not working, or I crawl up the walls. So I've just taken up kung fu. I was looking for some kind of calming, relaxing activity. I tried yoga, but it wasn't really me.
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Only very brave mouse makes nest in cat's ear.
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I actually have no style whatsoever. I'm the worst. I have people I talk to, and I say, 'Please tell me how to dress because I don't know what I'm doing.' The biggest thing for me is my mom. I'm like, 'Mom, do I look good?' If she says yes, I'm good to go.
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When I was in college, I used to love to watch football on Sundays.
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The fact that hype exists doesn't prove that something is not important.
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Eventually you just have to realize that you're living for an audience of one. I'm not here for anyone else's approval.
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Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
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I'm not afraid of change, let's put it that way.
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Girls must understand not only their moral obligation but their power to be allies to each other at parties and other potentially unsafe spaces for girls.
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These kids today, everything is about hitting a vocal home run.
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Representation is so important because it's hard for kids to want to be what they can't see. Little girls and boys need to know that it's natural for girls to love science and tech.
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There are certain ways you have to delude yourself. Self-delusion is important, for instance in family life. You know what I mean? If you're in love with your wife you have to go in there with blind faith. You have to support everything. And with your kids, you have to believe that you're doing something that has higher purpose; even though you don't have any evidence that that's the way it's going to turn out.
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There's a conflict between what's in your mind and what's in your body.
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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.
