Sara Blakely Quotes
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There are days where you do everything right and nothing goes in your favour.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.
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I would not be gotten into a schoolhouse until I was eight years old. Nor did I accomplish much after I started. I doubt if I had gone to school six months in all when my father died. I was fourteen at the time.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
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This is the beauty of fiction. We may not like these characters, but we inhabit them.
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I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.
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If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.
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No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
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I imagine that my characters have become much more complicated than when I first began, which would be normal.
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Even today, skiffle is a defining part of my music. If I get the opportunity to just have a jam, skiffle is what I love to play.
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You can tell a lot about a person just by watching their facial expressions. But there are times when it's best to hide your feelings, especially at work.
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I wasn't an easy, happy-go-lucky girl because I used to think about everything so much, and I think I probably still do.
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You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing.
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We are all born into the world with nothing. Everything we acquire after that is profit.
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There's going to be a picture of 'Mama' on my obit.
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I would describe my dancing talents as incredibly deep.
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My eye? It's a genetic thing. My dad had it, and now I have it. You know, I just found out that it may be correctable a little bit, because it does impair my vision. When I look up, I lose sight in this eye. I think, maybe for other people, it informs the way they see me.
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To look back all the time is boring. Excitement lies in tomorrow.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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Simplicity survives the changes of fashion. Women of chic are wearing now dresses they bought from me in 1936. Fit the century, forget the year.
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Rich folks may ride on camels, but it ain't so easy for 'em to see out of a needle's eye.
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My revenue was $4 million my first year in business, off of one $20 item.
