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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.

Sara Blakely

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Sara Blakely
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: February 27
Businessperson
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Patron Of The Arts
Stand-Up Comedian
Clearwater
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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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What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look.
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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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Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
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Within the first year of launching my company, Spanx, I decided to go over to England and cold-call Harrods, Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges the same way I had cold-called Neiman Marcus, Saks, Nordstrom, and Bloomingdale's here in the United States.
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I'm obsessed with the customer. I am the customer. I really don't think you can go wrong if you don't take your eye off of that. Serving the customer. How does she feel? I feel like the fashion industry has cared a lot about how we look but not about how we feel.
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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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I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have invested enough of yourself in it that you are not going to turn back. When a person has an idea at that conception moment it is the most vulnerable - one negative comment could knock you off course.
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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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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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I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
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I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and have on a ring that I got from a gumball machine for 50 cents.
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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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My saddlebags are why Spanx exist! Now that I have a baby I also have a muffin top.
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My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
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Everything in our society is so purposeful.
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Ensure that you do things differently from everyone else
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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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