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I don't want to be defined by being the founder of the Body Shop, and I don't want to be defined as a woman suffering from Hepatitis C. There's more to my life than that.

Anita Roddick

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Anita Roddick
Age: 64 †
Born: 1942
Born: October 23
Died: 2007
Died: September 10
Businessperson
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Littlehampton
West Sussex
Dame Anita Lucia Roddick
Dame Anita Roddick
Anita Lucia Roddick
Anita Lucia Perella
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If you pretend that business is beyond morality, that's the kind of morality you get.
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Don't underestimate the power of the vigilante consumer.
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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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Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out.
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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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Entrepreneurs are visionaries - they see things other people don't see.
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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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Entrepreneurs are outsiders by nature - outsiders with a work ethic.
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We are honest about our methods and our mistakes. We are not perfect - it isn't possible to be perfect - but we are trying to go in the right direction and in those circumstances, it's best not to mystify what we are trying to do.
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