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Me Quotes by Sara Blakely
- The thing about fashion - it's like ducks going quack, quack quack. It's being dictated from above, and it just makes me want to rebel…
- 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,…
- Everything about my journey to get Spanx off the ground entailed me having to be a salesperson - from going to the hosiery mills to…
- With every obstacle that has happened to me in my life, my brain immediately says, ‘Where is the hidden blessing?’ In starting a business and…
- Failure to me became not trying versus not succeeding
- When I was a child, my father used to encourage my brother and me to fail. At the dinner table, instead of asking about the…
- When I was growing up, my dad would encourage my brother and I to fail. We would be sitting at the dinner table and he…
- When I was 7, I came up with the idea of 'charm socks.' My mom would take me to buy bags of plastic charms, we…
- Instead of failure being the outcome, failure became not trying. And it forced me at a young age to want to push myself so much…
- My training of cold-calling and everyone under the sun telling me no, and my keeping going, was a huge part of the first two years…
More Me Quotes
- To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough… — Hannah Arendt
- I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore… — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- Boxing gave me the opportunities to grow into the person that I am today. — Alexis Arguello
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- I'm literally open to any medium that will have me. — J. J. Abrams
- From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me. — Ludovico Ariosto
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth. — Aristotle
- A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more… — Frank Abagnale