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Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.

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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Free trade holds much of the blame for continued international conflict. Markets are said to possess wisdom that is somehow superior to man. Those of us in business who travel in the developing world see the results of such western wisdom and have a rumbling disquiet about much of what our economic institutions have bought into.
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I think the leadership of a company should encourage the next generation not just to follow, but to overtake.
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business itself is now the most powerful force for change in the world today, richer and faster by far than most governments. And what is it doing with this power? It is using free trade, the most powerful weapon at its disposal, to tighten its grip on the globe.
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Why should how I act in my workplace be any different from how I interact with my family at home? It's making sure the company runs on feminine principles where the major ethic is care.
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One of the key problems of the business world is that greed has become culturally acceptable.
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A woman in advancing old age is unstoppable by any earthly force. I love it.
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When you take the high moral road it is difficult for anyone to object without sounding like a complete fool.
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The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.
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The word love is never mentioned in big business.
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The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.
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Women are networkers, women hate hierarchy and especially entrepreneurs hate hierarchy because when they see hierarchy structured in they see rules and regulations are commonplace, and they want to tear it down.
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The beauty and the fashion industry want to control you. And the way that they do it through your body. So once they control your body they control your purse and the products you buy. Its a fantastic strategy and it's working.
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Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.
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Maybe this is what the future will look like: fresh, clean water will be so rare it will be guarded by armies. Water as the next oil - the next resource worth going to war over.
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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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Communication is the key for any global business.
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You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message.
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If you've got a partner that's supportive and you're doing something you enjoy it doesn't ever become a job or a burden. Its about community, new friendships, support mechanism.
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All through history, there have always been movements where business was not just about the accumulation of proceeds but also for the public good.
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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. Herodotus, historian If I had to name a driving force in my life, I'd name passion every time.
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