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Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.

Sara Blakely

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
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Failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. This way, it is about answering to yourself.
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Money is fun to make, fun to spend and fun to give away.
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I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
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Ideas, even million-dollar ones, are most vulnerable in their infancy don't share them with too many people. However, don't hide your plan from people who can help you move it forward.
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My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.
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You’ve got to embrace what you don’t know.
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Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
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