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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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Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else
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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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