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There has been a real influence on young people, whose travel is experiential. For them, their values change when their experiences change travel is like a university without walls.

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Anita Roddick
Age: 64 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2007
Died: September 10
Businessperson
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Littlehampton
West Sussex
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick
Dame Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick
Anita Lucia Perella
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First, you have to have fun. Second, you have to put love where your labour is. Third, you have to go in the opposite direction to everyone else.
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Creativity comes by breaking the rules, by saying that you're in love with the anarchist.
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Quite apart from anything else, my experience is trying to change things for the better makes you feel better, healthier. Humans are communicative animals: when you do good in a community, the benefits eventually get back to you.
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If you really didn't ever want to get wrinkles, then you should have stopped smiling years ago!
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