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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.

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
Fear
Survive
Business
Emotions
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Civilization
Must
Move
Going
Policy
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Makers
Within
Developed
Moving
Greed

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