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Without ego I don't know how identity works, I don't know... I need to sit down and re-read some philosophy or something.

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Sophia Amoruso
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 20
Businessperson
San Diego
California
Sophia Christina Amoruso
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You have to ask yourself a lot of questions and probably go to therapy to make sure that you're not someone who's in love with themselves. And also if you're vain enough, then you know that is a bad look!
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One of the best things about life—a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal only—is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.
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There's so many moving pieces, but to be as public as I've become and to be at the front and take the brunt of anything that happens is a huge responsibility, but also something that takes some time to step into and that has been really challenging.
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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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Dive headfirst into things without being too attached to the results
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What do you do when you’re living in a hut for $500 a month and subsisting on Boston Market and Subway? You just keep doing what you’re doing.
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If you believe that what you’re doing will have positive results, it will— even if it’s not immediately obvious.
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I'm telling you that you don't have to choose between smart and sexy. You can have both. You are both.
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You belong wherever you want to belong.
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The world loves to tell you how difficult things are, and the world's not exaggerating. But difficult doesn't mean impossible, and out of the bajillions of things in this universe that you can't control, what you can control is how hard you try, and if or when to pack it in.
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The last thing the world needs is another boring person or another boring brand, so embrace all the things that make you different. Alter your clothes all you want, but don't you dare alter your inner freak - she's got your back as much as I do.
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I was OK before this, I will be OK after this.
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Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.
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It takes a special kind of stubbornness to succeed as an entrepreneur
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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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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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When your goal is to gain experience, perspective, and knowledge, failure is no longer a possibility
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To be an author, and an executive producer, and a host, and I don't even know, I mean I actually have a resume now, which is pretty cool.
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