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I can't bear to be around people who are bland or bored or uninterested (or to employ them).

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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a social conscience is not incompatible with profit.
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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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