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I feel like money makes you more of who you already are.

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
Businesswoman
Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
Florida
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Whatever you can think, you can create just have a very clear vision... Once you have your snapshot, work on filling in the blanks to get to that place.
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I got a call from the Oprah Winfrey Show. Oprah had chosen Spanx as one of her favorite products in 2000. I had boxes of product in my apartment and I had two weeks notice that she was going to say she loved it on TV and I had no shipping department.
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I pledge to invest in women because I believe it offers one of the greatest returns on investment. I am committed to the belief that we would all be in a much better place if half the human race (women) were empowered to prosper, invent, be educated, start their own businesses, run for office essentially be given the chance to soar.
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I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.
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If somebody can do something 80 percent as good as you think you would have done it yourself, then you've got to let it go.
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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.
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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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I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.
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Everything in our society is so purposeful.
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I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful system, but shopping is even better when you know that someone else who needs it will be getting. Keep the clothing karma going, I say.
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Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else
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Having a mental snapshot of where you are, where you are going, and what you are moving toward is incredibly powerful.
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My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
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Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset.
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Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to get a prototype made to calling Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. I had to position myself to get five minutes in the door with buyers.
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It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
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My husband is such a healthy eater. Except when it comes to sweets. He never consumes anything except fruit until noon. And then from noon on he might have some brown rice and some tofu, and then, come eight or nine at night, he orders three mud-pie double-chocolate pieces of cake and eats all three of them.
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Failures are life's way of nudging you and letting you know you are off course. Trying new things and not being afraid to fail along the way are more important than what you learn in school.
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Where I get my energy is: 'How can I make it better'?
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I didn't want women to walk out of the dressing rooms feeling depressed and wanting a cocktail.
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