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One of the most intriguing things in management and in business is the role of storytelling - people need the anecdotes to do the work that they do.
Anita Roddick
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Anita Roddick
Age: 64 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2007
Died: September 10
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Littlehampton
West Sussex
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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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You can't change t he wor ld f rom t he rear view mir ror.
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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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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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Nobody talks of entrepreneurship as survival, but that's exactly what it is and what nurtures creative thinking.
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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
Quite apart from anything else, my experience is trying to change things for the better makes you feel better, healthier. Humans are communicative animals: when you do good in a community, the benefits eventually get back to you.
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If there is excitement in their lives, it is contained in the figures on the profit and loss sheet. What an indictment.
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Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.
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Be special. Be anything but mediocre.
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The freedom that comes with globalization is freedom for the rich and powerful nations to further exploit and further marginalize those at the bottom of the social ladder.
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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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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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Corporate crime kills far more people and costs taxpayers far more money than street crime.
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You've got to be hungry - for ideas, to make things happen and to see your vision made into reality
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A woman in advancing old age is unstoppable by any earthly force. I love it.
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With fewer and fewer corporations controlling more and more of the world's trade, there is an ever greater need to know more about the practices of these large faceless organizations.
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There are a lot of dark sides to success, but the light side of it is the ability to be opportunistic, and to be able to do things.
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If you don't believe one person can make a difference, you have never been in bed with a mosquito.
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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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