Sara Blakely Quotes

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 be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Don't be afraid to fail.

Sara Blakely

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I definitely have hips, and I'm shorter, so I like to make my legs look longer. I'll wear shorts or pants that elongate my legs. I'm not a tiny, skinny toothpick. I definitely like to show off my waist and my butt.

Jenna Ushkowitz

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Wall Street is littered with clever plans to use financial instruments to change behavior - carbon trading, for example. Some have changed the world, and others failed miserably.

Andrew Ross Sorkin

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I really love D.C.; it's one of my favorite places to perform. I always say when I come here, I feel like my IQ increases by 20 points.

Maz Jobrani

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It's a mistake to think that once you're done with school you need never learn anything new.

Sophia Loren

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All that the future holds in store for each sacred child of God will be shaped by his or her parents, family, friends, and teachers. Thus, our faith now becomes part of our posterity's faith later.

Russell M. Nelson

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I will fight for America until the day I drop.

Don King

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Sometimes in movies, I still have to be the hero, but it's not all that important to me anymore.

Dennis Quaid

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But democracy isn't a state of perfection. It has to be improved, and that means constant vigilance.

Antonio Tabucchi

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The worst thing we could do is impose time limits and then expect people to sink or swim once they move off welfare.

William Julius Wilson

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I love to perform, to give glory to God with my own brand of funky gospel music. I think it's my mission to show people that God, that Jesus, can be cool.

Tyka Nelson

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I can't imagine anybody not wanting to make sure that noncitizens don't dilute legitimate U.S. citizens' vote.

Rick Scott

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I was in oil when oil was $8 a barrel and in construction when interest rates were 20 percent. I was looking for something everyone used and where you could build a customer base - and if it was successful, you could take it nationwide and even worldwide.

Kenny Troutt

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