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title: "3 Doll Quotes By Ruth Handler"
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> [I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/i-thought-the-barbie-doll-would-always-be-successful/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b8c/ruth-handler-40105_barbie_i-thought-the-barbie-doll-would-always-b_660110.jpg)

> [The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/the-doll-had-an-adult-shaped-body-the-thing-that-i-had-been-trying-to/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f8/ruth-handler-40105_adults_the-doll-had-an-adult-shaped-body-the-th_1975570.jpg)

> [I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/i-did-not-think-this-doll-could-ever-be-this-huge/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/172/ruth-handler-40105_could_i-did-not-think-this-doll-could-ever-be_2107614.jpg)

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## More by Ruth Handler

> [Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/barbie-always-represented-the-fact-that-a-woman-has-choices/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/i-thought-the-barbie-doll-would-always-be-successful/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/it-took-us-three-years-to-even-come-close-to-catching-up-with-the/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/i-wasn-t-a-financial-pro-and-i-paid-the-price/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/through-their-play-barbara-imagined-their-lives-as-adults-they-used/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/the-doll-had-an-adult-shaped-body-the-thing-that-i-had-been-trying-to/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/i-did-not-think-this-doll-could-ever-be-this-huge/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/it-s-the-degree-of-success-and-the-length-of-time-that-is-amazing/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/we-didn-t-know-how-to-run-a-business-but-we-had-dreams-and-talent/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/they-were-using-the-dolls-to-project-their-dreams-of-their-own/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

> [Television speeded everything up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ruth-handler/television-speeded-everything-up/)

[Ruth Handler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ruth-handler/)

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