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Ninety-nine per cent of what we say is about values. I firmly believe that ethical capitalism is the best way of changing society for the better.

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
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Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. Herodotus, historian If I had to name a driving force in my life, I'd name passion every time.
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I traveled enormously during the 1960's, when you measured everything by where you traveled and what you did as travelers.
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Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.
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If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito.
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Cynicism is what passes for insight when courage is lacking
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Creativity comes by breaking the rules, by saying that you're in love with the anarchist.
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My passionate belief is that business can be fun, it can be conducted with love and a powerful force for good.
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We entrepreneurs are loners, vagabonds, troublemakers. Success is simply a matter of finding and surrounding ourselves with those open-minded and clever souls who can take our insanity and put it to good use.
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By definition, design, and practice, capitalism is a system that concentrates economic power in the hands of the few to the exclusion of the many.
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The word love is never mentioned in big business.
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Be courageous. It's one of the only places left uncrowded.
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The aging process is fascinating because it doesn't disturb me, because this is what it is supposed to be like. But I'll tell you what does - it's the lack of strength - you can't hold up suitcases and do it yourself. Loss of physical strength.
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The market controls everything, but the market has no heart.
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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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My argument is: keep the bloody bottom line at the bottom. That's where it should be.
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I am still looking for the modern equivalent of those Quakers who ran successful businesses and made money because they offered honest products and treated their people decently . . . This business creed, sadly, seems long forgotten.
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I have always found that my view of success has been iconoclastic: success to me is not about money or status or fame, its about finding a livelihood that brings me joy and self-sufficiency and a sense of contributing to the world.
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It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it. Now 30 years on The Body Shop is a multi local business with over 2.045 stores serving over 77 million customers in 51 different markets in 25 different languages and across 12 time zones. And I haven't a clue how we got here!
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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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