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I've often said that we are doing something far more important than just selling cosmetics we are changing lives.

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Mary Kay Ash
Age: 83 †
Born: 1918
Born: May 12
Died: 2001
Died: November 22
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Mary Kathlyn Wagner
Something
Cosmetics
Selling
Changing
Lives
Often
Important

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