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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
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Littlehampton
West Sussex
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick
Dame Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick
Anita Lucia Perella
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One of the key problems of the business world is that greed has become culturally acceptable.
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The big question is: how do you institutionalize success and still keep that edge of craziness and wildeness?
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Tap the energy of the anarchist and he will be the one to push your company ahead.
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Free trade holds much of the blame for continued international conflict. Markets are said to possess wisdom that is somehow superior to man. Those of us in business who travel in the developing world see the results of such western wisdom and have a rumbling disquiet about much of what our economic institutions have bought into.
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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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The key to handling problems and conflict within an organization is to keep the channels of communication wide open.
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I don't want our success to be measured only by financial yardsticks, or by our distribution or number of shops. What I want to be celebrated for - and it's going to be tough in a business environment - is how good we are to our employees and how we benefit our community. It's a different bottom line.
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There are only two ways of making money: the hard way and the very hard way!
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There is no scientific answer for success. You can't define it. You've simply got to live it and do it.
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Consumers have not been told effectively enough that they have huge power and that purchasing and shopping involve a moral choice.
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Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.
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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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When you take the high moral road it is difficult for anyone to object without sounding like a complete fool.
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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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Three components make an entrepreneur: the person, the idea and the resources to make it happen.
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I think it's just fear of death. I can't bear to go to sleep. There's very little, you know, between an entrepreneur and a crazy person.
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Be daring. Be first. Be different.
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The growth of The Body Shop is testimony to the fact that you don't need to waste money on costly advertising campaigns to be successful. Instead, we've always relied on word of mouth and stories.
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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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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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