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Never be seduced into believing it isn't the role of business to tackle the big issues, because it absolutely is.

Anita Roddick

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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
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick
Dame Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick
Anita Lucia Perella
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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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The bigger you grow, the more intimate communication has to be. It almost has to be belly and belly. As you get bigger and bigger in an organization, everything gets more and more detached and everything is on email or voicemail. That's the worse thing because lack of intimacy is one of the downsides (of growth).
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If I can't do something for the public good, what the hell am I doing?
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My argument is: keep the bloody bottom line at the bottom. That's where it should be.
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Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.
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The end result of kindness is that it draws people to you.
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