Aimee Mullins Quotes

It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!

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• The rule of improvisation I took to heart was, 'Don't think.' I tend to over-think things, so that was a big lesson for me.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • Heart
  • Think
  • Me

• I've been in more laps than a napkin.

  

  Mae West
  • More
  • Been
  • Napkin

• Feminism is dead. The movement is absolutely dead. The women's movement tried to suppress dissident voices for way too long. There's no room for dissent.

  

  Camille Paglia
  • Long
  • Women
  • Way

• To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.

  

  Iain Sinclair
  • Future
  • Try
  • Fix

• I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • Done
  • Comedy
  • Drama

• In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.

  

  Quentin Crisp
  • Time
  • Live
  • Universe

• Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.

  

  Hans Vestberg
  • World
  • Country
  • Remember

• When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.

  

  Victor LaValle
  • Find
  • Information
  • Blessing

• Around the world, climate change is an existential threat - but if we harness the opportunities inherent in addressing climate change, we can reap enormous economic benefits.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Change
  • Opportunities

• A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.

  

  Han Fei
  • Father
  • Son
  • Ruler

• Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.

  

  Adam Hamilton
  • People
  • Loving
  • Preaching

• The one thing I am now sure of is that if there is such a thing as destiny, it is a result of our passion, be that for money, power, or love. Passion, for better or worse.

  

  M. J. Rose
  • Money
  • Passion
  • Destiny

• I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.

  

  Aaron Paul
  • Band
  • Greatest
  • Planet

• Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?

  

  Zaha Hadid
  • Guy
  • Me
  • Diva

• I think Hispanic community - the values that resonate in our community are fundamentally conservative. They are faith, family and patriotism. Do you know the rate of military enlistment among Hispanics is higher than any demographic in this country? And they are also hard work and responsibility.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Work
  • Country
  • Family

• This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Home
  • Together
  • Earth

• When I go home, I play with my baby dolls and strollers and diaper bags, and play with my sisters.

  

  Dakota Fanning
  • Home
  • Play
  • Baby

• Good God, if our civilization were to sober up for a couple of days it'd die of remorse on the third.

  

  Malcolm Lowry
  • Up
  • Good
  • God

• I have been lucky enough to travel a lot, meet great people in many lands. I have liked almost everyone I met along the way.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • People
  • Great
  • Travel

• Of course I always like going to bookstores, but at stores, you're mostly meeting kids who are already into reading.

  

  Jay Asher
  • Kids
  • Reading

• Getting over someone is a grieving process. You mourn the loss of the relationship, and that's only expedited by 'Out of sight, out of mind.' But when you walk outside and see them on a billboard or on TV or on the cover of a magazine, it reopens the wound. It's a high-class problem, but it's real.

  

  Hank Azaria
  • Mind
  • Real
  • High

• I created lots of characters in high school and college, and the first character I created in pro comics was Liana, Green Lantern of M'Elu, for a backup story in 'Green Lantern #162,' my first professional sale.

  

  Kurt Busiek
  • School
  • Character
  • High

• I know very well the women. The short skirt was never a good fashion - very vulgar. The American women will accept the new fashions. You can never stop the fashions.

  

  Christian Dior
  • Good
  • Women
  • American

• It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!

  

  Aimee Mullins
  • Women
  • High