Sara Blakely Quotes

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• I have this system where if I buy three or four new things, I give away three or four things. Sometimes, it's a very painful…
• It's important to be willing to make mistakes. The worst thing that can happen is you become memorable.
• Don't be intimidated by what you don't know. That can be your greatest strength and ensure that you do things differently from everyone else.
• What I most identify with is effortless fashion, looking as if someone's not put a lot of effort into their look.
• Don't solicit feedback on your product, idea or your business just for validation purposes. You want to tell the people who can help move your…
• I think failure is nothing more than life's way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to…
• Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' is my go-to song to pump myself up if I'm having a tough time or if I get really nervous right before…
• My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have something, he would…
• I took a Fear of Flying class, and I always missed the class, because I was always flying.
• Don't let what you don't know scare you, because it can become your greatest asset. And if you do things without knowing how they have…
• I made a conscious decision not to tell anyone in my life. Now I tell people - don't tell anyone your idea until you have…
• I'll mix a lot of things. I'll wear a Temperley dress with flip flops, or I might be in head-to-toe Gucci and have on a…
• Every time I went on stage I was so terrified I almost threw up.
• Everything in our society is so purposeful.
• I aim to be pretty - I gave up dressing to be sexy in the eighties.
• I always joke and say I want to invent a comfortable stiletto and then retire.
• I couldn't figure out what to wear under my clothes. The body shapers were too thick at the time.
• I did not like the way I looked in a pair of white pants.
• I didn't like the way it looked in white trousers, and I couldn't find anything to work underneath them.
• I feel like money makes you more of who you already are.

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