Quote by Sara Blakely
I grew up in a house where my father encouraged my brother and me

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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Im just like so many women – I was frustrated, I had these white pants that I had spent a lot of money on, and you get home and you think, What am I really supposed to wear under this? So it was a frustrated consumer moment. – Sara Blakely

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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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