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My passion is really candy, but I know that I can use art and fashion as inspiration.
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I received most of my business education around the dinner table. Whether I listened to my father or brothers, or we had business people as dinner guests, I learned from everyone.
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I am a picky eater. By that I mean, I love to pick the raisins out of oatmeal raisin cookies, the chips out of chocolate chip cookies, the white side off of black and white cookies, and the vanilla center out of Oreos.
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So much of what we decide to carry in our stores is based on what we hear through the Dylan's Candy Bar Facebook Page and Twitter feeds.
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My parents were inspired by Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas when naming me. They specifically saved this masculine name for their only girl.
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I think it's really important to be outdoorsy.
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I like having a lot of sunlight because it helps me wake up. And I don't get depressed in winter.
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I definitely eat candy in bed. I eat candy wherever I am.
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The best thing in business is to follow your gut. If a decision is not sitting well with you, don't just make it.
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I always saw candy as art.
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I don't read a lot of books but love magazines like 'Psychology Today.' It's great for getting quick facts.
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I have many friends who had kids solo, who adopted, who used surrogates - no one was judging them - it's a new world!
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I did have a 1977 Barbie, but I was more into stuffed animals than dolls.
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I love the BlackBerry. I'm on it all the time. I literally wrote my whole book, 'Unwrap Your Sweet Life,' on the BlackBerry while I was working out on the StairMill. So many people tease me about having a BlackBerry, but I meet a lot of people who still use one. Obama has a BlackBerry!
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For a while after college, I was thinking of becoming a fitness trainer, and I am a certified aqua trainer.
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It's important for me to eat really healthy because I have such a sweet tooth. I eat fish and vegetables for lunch and dinner, and I work out every day.
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I believe dancing is the best stress reliever.
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I like to live a healthy life.
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Red candy is my favorite - I like red string licorice, Swedish Fish, and red gum balls.
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There are a few entrepreneurs whom I look up to. My dad, Ralph Lauren, has definitely evolved into a lifestyle brand of clothing and home furnishings.
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The people at Dylan's Candy Bar, they have to have an inner child and a sense of fun... and love the colors and the textures.
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I've always been inspired by retail entertainment, whether Ralph Lauren or the Disney Store or Niketown.
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If your heart's not into what you're selling, you're not going to make it.
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Everything I own has some significance to me.