Sara Blakely Quotes
My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Be present. Be meditative. Form real friendships. Stay away from business networking events or friendships where there is always an underlying business angle.
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You had to go to a different part of town from where I was to get Muddy Waters singles. I had him on singles.
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.
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Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.
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In the end, you have to write like you're not afraid of the critics.
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Explosions are not comfortable.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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Human writing reflects that of the universe; it is its translation, but also its metaphor: it says something totally different, and it says the same thing.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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'Outlander' is progressive in the way it looks at women.
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I'm proud of my decade-long fight to have all ophthalmologists re-certify, regardless of age.
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The particular way I'm going to die is not going to be particularly pleasant. It will probably be physically uncomfortable, and it won't be an easy thing for my wife and kids to watch. I think it will be a real challenge to see if I can squeeze the lemons hard enough to still get lemonade the last few weeks.
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I would love to spend a year living in New York; I've wanted to do that since I was 18. I'll be really disappointed if I'm 50 and haven't done something like that.
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Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
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Fear cannot be banished, but it can be calm and without panic; it can be mitigated by reason and evaluation.
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To be a Bond girl you need courage, charm, determination and feistiness.
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I'm a good friend.
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I do not photograph nature. I photograph my visions. Quoted in PBS episode of American Masters
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When all is lost, ask the I.R.S. - they'll find something.
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Joe Paterno was a well-educated man, and he was also a man from a different time.
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Fearful concatenation of circumstances.
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That's what she Hillary Clinton is done with everything all her life. She just makes something good happen, and that's what you need.
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My advice for an entrepreneur just starting out is to differentiate yourself. Why are you different? What’s important about you? Why does the customer need you?
