Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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.
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I've been in more laps than a napkin.
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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.
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To try to fix the future is a manifest absurdity.
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I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
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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.
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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.
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Remember, China is the largest country in the world, so they have the confidence, the capital and resources to create large companies.
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When I find the right information, the Web is a blessing; when I don't, it's a distraction.
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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.
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Press conferences aren't the best thing to do, but it's part of the job.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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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.
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I'm obsessed with Radiohead. They're just the greatest band on the planet.
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Would they call me a diva if I were a guy?
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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.
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This Earth is our only home. Together, we must protect and cherish it.
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My philosophy is I'm raising future adults, not children.
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I've served my country.
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Their forms had no more influence on me than they did on Matisse. Or Derain. But for them, the masks were sculptures like all others. When Matisse showed me his first African head, he spoke to me of Egyptian art.
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I went to department stores, and there was nothing that I really loved. All the shoes were too complicated, too crazy, too ridiculous, too extreme. The platforms were so high; the shoes were so ugly, covered in crystals and feathers and crap. I just thought, 'Maybe somebody wants a beautifully simple, sexy shoe that they can actually walk in.'
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I went to an Arts High School, so everyone there was kind of anti-clique, though they still happened. I guess I was in the theatre-dork clique. Not to be confused with the musical-theatre-dork clique.
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It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!
