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Anita Roddick
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Anita Roddick
Age: 64 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2007
Died: September 10
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Feminist
Organizational Founder
Littlehampton
West Sussex
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick
Dame Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick
Anita Lucia Perella
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We are honest about our methods and our mistakes. We are not perfect - it isn't possible to be perfect - but we are trying to go in the right direction and in those circumstances, it's best not to mystify what we are trying to do.
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Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.
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The bigger you grow, the more intimate communication has to be. It almost has to be belly and belly. As you get bigger and bigger in an organization, everything gets more and more detached and everything is on email or voicemail. That's the worse thing because lack of intimacy is one of the downsides (of growth).
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The next time you go shopping, demand more change.
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The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.
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My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.
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If I had to name a driving force in my life, I would name PASSION every time
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I traveled enormously during the 1960's, when you measured everything by where you traveled and what you did as travelers.
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Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.
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I'm an activist and I come from a very socialist background. For me, my thinking was formed by great thought leaders. And wealth preserving wasn't part of my thinking.
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Being good is good business
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Three components make an entrepreneur: the person, the idea and the resources to make it happen.
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Every time you buy something consider it a vote of confidence in the company that produced it.
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Mess with nature and it will mess right back.
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Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking
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I have always found that my view of success has been iconoclastic: success to me is not about money or status or fame, its about finding a livelihood that brings me joy and self-sufficiency and a sense of contributing to the world.
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