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We are essentially outsiders and that is the best definition of an entrepreneur I have ever come across.

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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You have to look at leadership through the eyes of the followers and you have to live the message.
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Make heroes out of the employees who personify what you want to see in the organization.
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If trade undermines life, narrows it or impoverishes it, then it can destroy the world. If it enhances life, then it can better the world.
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Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.
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There are only two ways of making money: the hard way and the very hard way!
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The business of business should not be about money. It should be about responsibility. It should be about public good, not private greed
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What we are trying to do is to create a new business paradigm, simply showing that business can have a human face and a social conscience.
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Women want to be free to choose from the same range of options that men take for granted. In our quest for equal pay, equal access to education and opportunities, we have made great strides. But until women can move freely and think freely in their homes, on the streets, in the workplace without the fear of violence, there can be no real freedom.
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By creating conversation, we let our customers spread our message by word of mouth.
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How can you ennoble the spirit when you are selling something as inconsequential as a face cream?
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The predominant idea behind globalization, in its most virulent form, is an unpleasant kind of social Darwinism - that the world is for winners not losers, that only the successful count, that money is considerably more important than votes.
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Retiring isn't even a word I'd understand. Taking what makes you feel alive, and everyone's looking for ways of making them feel alive, in whatever they do - relationships, business or work - and not just being a voice for a money making business.
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The Body Shop Foundation is run by our staff and supports social activism and environmental activism. We don't tend to support big agencies.
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The money that we make from the company goes into The Body Shop Foundation, which isn't one of those awful tax shelters like some in America. It just functions to take the money and give it away.
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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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Whatever you do, be different - that was the advice my mother gave me, and I can't think of better advice for an entrepreneur. If you're different, you will stand out.
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I believe that conventional marketing techniques are increasingly ineffective. Customers are hyped out. They have been overmarketed. They are becoming more cynical about the whole advertising and marketing process.
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Why should how I act in my workplace be any different from how I interact with my family at home? It's making sure the company runs on feminine principles where the major ethic is care.
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Irritation is a great source of energy and creativity.
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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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