Quote by Sara Blakely
I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, Id have been a

I failed the LSAT. Basically, if I had not failed, Id have been a lawyer and there would be no Spanx. I think failure is nothing more than lifes way of nudging you that you are off course. My attitude to failure is not attached to outcome, but in not trying. It is liberating. – Sara Blakely

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I started thinking about joy. Everything in our society is so purposeful. Lets bring joy back to the experience. – Sara Blakely

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Ive always leaned toward a feminine, funky style, even in business settings. I used to paint my nails blue in 1993, before it was mainstream. – Sara Blakely

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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. – Sara Blakely

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The ideal attitude is to be physically loose and mentally tight. – Arthur Ashe

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In the late 70s, maybe just before I started, there was still an attitude that if you did film you didnt do TV and vice versa, but thats gone now. – Robert Carlyle

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In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure – and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road. – Naveen Jain

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Hardboiled crime fiction came of age in Black Mask magazine during the Twenties and Thirties. Writers like Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler learnt their craft and developed a distinct literary style and attitude toward the modern world. – Charles Frazier

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