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The energy you'll expend focusing on someone else's life is better spent working on your own. Just be your own idol.

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Sophia Amoruso
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 20
Businessperson
San Diego
California
Sophia Christina Amoruso
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Knowing when to speak up and when to shut up will get you very far not only in business, but in life.
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It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur
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When you think about people, you give them power.
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When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility
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I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.
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My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them.
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You can't act like you've arrived when you're only just receiving the invitation.
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I think there are times when I can be a good thing.
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Well advice people have told me that is that, If people aren't suing you, you haven't made it, which I don't necessarily believe but with greater success comes greater responsibility and being one of the few female entrepreneurs who I think has been as public as I have been, you're definitely under a spotlight. It's difficult to manage.
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I’ve been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want – and the one that I’m best at.
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I didn't have weekends for the longest time and it felt so indulgent to finally have weekends.
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You belong wherever you want to belong.
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