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Id get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up m

Id get kicked out of buildings all day long, people would rip up my business card in my face. Its a humbling business to be in. But I knew I could sell and I knew I wanted to sell something I had created. I cut the feet out of those pantyhose and I knew I was on to something. This was it. – 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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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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My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didnt have something, he would be disappointed. It changed my mindset at an early age that failure is not the outcome, failure is not trying. Dont be afraid to fail. – Sara Blakely

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Like everybody in show business, you think youre going to wake up one day, and its all going to be taken away from you. I think we all share an insecurity in that way, everybody in show business – the ones I talk to, anyway. – Rod Stewart

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