Sara Blakely Quotes
I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.
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The problem of working in a mine, you are inside the belly of the monster, and it controls you. The air you breathe, the stones that fall on your head, we had to be on guard.
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My focus on the budget, though, has played second fiddle to what I believe is even more important - creating jobs.
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The grandchildren should not bear the debts of the grandparents.
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I can assure you we are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the president encourages vigorous debate.
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I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
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The one charm about marriage is that it makes a life of deception absolutely necessary for both parties.
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In the course of the reform, some new circumstances that we had not anticipated have appeared.
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I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
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The quarterback is an extension of the coach and has a certain type of swagger mentality, on and off the field.
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I hear my songs being sung by females before I change them and make them into my voice.
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I saw a sign one time that said 'hemorrhoids awareness week' at the doctor's office. Let me tell you, if you got hemorrhoids, I'm sure you are aware of it. You don't need a sign to tell anybody about it.
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If people had understood how patents would be granted when most of today's ideas were invented, and had taken out patents, the industry would be at a complete standstill today.… The solution to this is patent exchanges with large companies and patenting as much as we can.
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Either you are a man of unusual ability, Thorn, or a man with a rather inadequate grasp of human nature. I just hope it’s the former.
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People don't know much about what's going on on the ground in Iraq: what you see in the media is heavily censored.
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I have had a career in which, almost without exception, every single person I've worked with has helped me.
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If I just wear something because I feel like myself and I'm comfortable, that's okay - and that goes even for more edgy things. But if I try too much, or if I even try, it doesn't work. It doesn't feel natural, and I feel very uncomfortable.
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I'm a spiritual person.
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Decisions just look different with women at the table. We still have a long way to go. The most powerful thing we own is our vote.
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You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.
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The urban, on the other hand, is often seen as more real and mundane, even though it is obviously far more recent in terms of planetary development. I think this might be because nature corresponds to the unconscious and the artificial world of the city and human culture to the conscious mind.
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Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
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To paint from nature is to realize one's sensations, not to copy what is before one.
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The women at all levels of the entertainment industry - from interns to Oscar winners - who kept quiet to protect their careers should be a lesson to every CEO and HR department.
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I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course.
