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Anita Roddick
Age: 64 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2007
Died: September 10
Businessperson
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Feminist
Organizational Founder
Littlehampton
West Sussex
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One of the most intriguing things in management and in business is the role of storytelling - people need the anecdotes to do the work that they do.
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Running a company on market research is like driving while looking in the rear view mirror.
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You can't change t he wor ld f rom t he rear view mir ror.
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Speed, agility and responsiveness are the keys to future success.
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The aging process is fascinating because it doesn't disturb me, because this is what it is supposed to be like. But I'll tell you what does - it's the lack of strength - you can't hold up suitcases and do it yourself. Loss of physical strength.
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We can't have self-government without the self-confidence that is at the root of it.
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The movement for the environment really only started in the mid 1970's.
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We have our values from the church, the temple, the mosque. Do not rob, do not murder. But our behaviour changes the minute we go into the corporate place. Suddenly all of this is irrelevant.
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My mother's bottom line was truth to her values. It meant bringing your heart and your humanity to work.
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A great advantage I had when I started The Body Shop was that I had never been to business school.
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A woman in advancing old age is unstoppable by any earthly force. I love it.
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If civilization is going to survive, business and policy-makers must move on, to find within themselves more developed emotions than fear or greed.
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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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There are 3 billion women in the world who don't look like supermodels and only 8 that do.
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I believe in businesses where you engage in creative thinking, and where you form some of your deepest relationships. If it isn't about the production of the human spirit, we are in big trouble.
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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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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 didn't go to business school, didn't care about financial stuff and the stock market.
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Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.
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Traditionally, the role of the individual was to conform to the organization. In the future the organization will have to conform to the needs of the individual.
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