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I am aware that success is more than a good idea. It is timing too.

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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Timing
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the function of wealth is not to accumulate it but to give it away as productively and responsibly as you can.
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Make heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.
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If you do things well, do them better. Be daring, be first, be different, be just.
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I didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.
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It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it. Now 30 years on The Body Shop is a multi local business with over 2.045 stores serving over 77 million customers in 51 different markets in 25 different languages and across 12 time zones. And I haven't a clue how we got here!
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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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Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.
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To me the desire to create and to have control over your own life, irrespective of the politics of the time or social structures, has always been a part of the human spirit. What I did not fully realize was that work could open the doors to my heart.
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I'd have opened a bloody library if I'd wanted to be quiet.
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Let me tell you how the French seduce you. They are the most bloody seductive people on Earth. They are charming, they are well-mannered and they praise and flatter you.
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Get informed. Get outraged. Get inspired. Get active.
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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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The key to handling problems and conflict within an organization is to keep the channels of communication wide open.
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A Sense Of Outrage Is Essential For The Entrepreneurial Spirit. I Think Discontentment Drives You To Want To Do Something About It. And My Outrage Came Very Early On.
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Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.
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It is true that there is a fine line between entrepreneurship and insanity. Crazy people see and feel things that others don't. But you have to believe that everything is possible. If you believe it, those around you will believe it too.
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Business is not financial science, it's about trading.. buying and selling. It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it.
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We should be evolving into a new age of business with a worldview that maintains one simple proposition - that all of nature: humans, animals, earth, are interconnected and interdependent.
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Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking
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Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.
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