Sara Blakely Quotes
I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.'
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Bad laws are the worst sort of tyranny.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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He who is completely sanctified, or cleansed from all sin, and dies in this state, is fit for glory.
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I'm a bit of a Libertarian.
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It's funny, like 15 years ago when I was a kid doing all the John Hughes movies, I remember Bruce Willis was the only guy who was transitioning from television into film.
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He was about building up the Trump name and then selling it and leasing it in as many different ways as possible.
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I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me to fail. I specifically remember coming home and saying, 'Dad, Dad, I tried out for this or that and I was horrible,' and he would high-five me and say, 'Way to go.'
