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The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed

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
Greed
Private
Responsibility
Public
Business
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By creating conversation, we let our customers spread our message by word of mouth.
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Get informed. Get outraged. Get inspired. Get active.
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Women want to be free to choose from the same range of options that men take for granted. In our quest for equal pay, equal access to education and opportunities, we have made great strides. But until women can move freely and think freely in their homes, on the streets, in the workplace without the fear of violence, there can be no real freedom.
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the most powerful bodies in the world, the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, and the International Monetary Fund, are also the least democratic and inclusive.
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If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
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Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.
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If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.
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You educate people, especially young people, by stirring their passions, so you take every opportunity to grab the imagination of your employees, you get them to feel they are doing something important, that they are not a lone voice, that they are the most powerful and potent people on the planet.
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