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Any business or enterprise that shaves away loneliness is going to last forever. And like it or not but we've got a lonely society.

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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Never be seduced into believing it isn't the role of business to tackle the big issues, because it absolutely is.
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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.
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if companies are in business solely to make money, no consumer can fully trust what they do or say.
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You've got so many groups that have no voice in this world - the indigenous, the poor. So how can I use the resources that I have and bring them up, highlight them. And it's not that difficult. It's just choosing and concentrating and focusing.
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Look at the Quakers - they were excellent business people that never lied, never stole they cared for their employees and the community which gave them the wealth. They never took more money out than they put back in.
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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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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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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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Internationalism means that we can see into the dark corners of the world, and hold those companies to account when they are devastating forests or employing children as bonded labour. Globalization is the complete opposite, its rules pit country against country and workers against workers in the blinkered pursuit of international competitiveness.
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Business is not financial science, it's about trading.. buying and selling. It's about creating a product or service so good that people will pay for it.
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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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If I had to name a driving force in my life, I would name PASSION every time
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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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Be special. Be anything but mediocre.
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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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Be daring. Be first. Be different.
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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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My mother's bottom line was truth to her values. It meant bringing your heart and your humanity to work.
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