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When somebody says, You can't, I say, Why not?

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Debbi Fields
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: September 18
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Businessperson
Businesswoman
Oakland
California
Mrs. Fields
Debra J. Fields
Debra Jane Sivyer
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What really fueled me, and maybe infuriated me, is that nobody believed in me. Nobody. I don't even think I believe in myself.
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I love to nurture, I love to help people. I love to brainstorm. I like to mentor.
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There are people out there who want to say yes. That gave me confidence to keep asking.
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Don't stop at the first no. You have to be a risk taker. If there weren't room for creativity, the patent office would close down.
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The most important thing is for you to believe in what you are doing.
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Being good enough never is.
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Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.
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What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.
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I had always been taught that life was the other way around -- that you had to make sure you got what was coming to you . . .
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Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.
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The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have..., I wouldn't be here today.
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I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience.
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If youre going to be at a job environment, you should love it. You shouldnt do it just for money. You should do it because you love it. And the money comes naturally.
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I try not to take for granted how lucky we are to have life and breath and opportunity. Once we've got that, we can conquer anything.
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It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion.
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Don't ever lose sight of your dreams. And, more importantly, reach for the stars.
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Small business in America is what fuels the American economy. We need more small business to assist us in creating a great nation and in creating more jobs. It's this frontier that is endless in terms of opportunity and potential.
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All I need as payment is a smile. That just really pushes me forward so that I'm always capturing the next opportunity to develop myself.
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Be great at what you do, and don't ever settle for mediocrity or else you will always wonder how great you could have been.
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If that's what everybody else is doing, that is not what I'm going to do!
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