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People don't want simply to buy the product, they want to have sympathy with the company 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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If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
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Every time you buy something consider it a vote of confidence in the company that produced it.
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One of the key problems of the business world is that greed has become culturally acceptable.
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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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