Aimee Mullins Quotes
I was once told that I had become too confident and that it made me less likeable. Many successful people will get this at some point, because the people who haven't followed a similar path can be threatened by someone who has and is unabashed about it.
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The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak.
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If the plane moves, some turbulence, I am nervous flyer.
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Dick Durbin's a worthy opponent on any debate. He's very intelligent, quick. Knows his facts and puts them forward well.
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No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
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I read about human psychology, practise balance, and accept that everything and everyone in our lives is transient. One day, people will criticise you, and the next day, they will praise you.
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I think that, a lot of times in Hollywood pictures, the reality, the messy reality of women's lives - it's avoided, because I think people are just afraid of it. There's a standard that women are set to, to try to keep everybody comfortable.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.
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Coming from a background of being onstage, you're onstage for two and a half hours and you're in it for the whole time no matter what you're doing. Even if you don't have a line, you have to stay in it.
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My best friend is my husband.
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Look at London or Paris: they're both filthy. You don't get that in Tokyo. The proud residents look after their city.
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My mother has done so much for me in my life and has continuously been there and been my rock.
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I've been on a state of high alert since high school. I didn't need 9/11 to remind me that we live on a ball of flame.
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What do you mean you have my children at the police station? Why are my kids at the police station?
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I have no fancy living at all. Well, I have a house in Sun Valley. Five acres in the woods. I guess that's fancy.
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Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.
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Tobacco is the plant that converts thoughts into dreams.
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I saw the ball clearly in. But sometimes it's tough for the linesman. This time it was for him and maybe tomorrow it's going to be for me.
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If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.
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With music, there's a conversation happening. You're hearing what's going on right now, with people's emotional states, in a communal way, and listening to that is really - it's both informative and so generous. It's like emotional news.
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This point is . . . crucial,” writes Dweck. “In the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail — or if you’re not the best — it’s all been wasted. The growth mindset allows people to value what they’re doing regardless of the outcome.
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I was once told that I had become too confident and that it made me less likeable. Many successful people will get this at some point, because the people who haven't followed a similar path can be threatened by someone who has and is unabashed about it.
