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" I didn't buy the Porsche for status. I hate that, and it's actually kind of goofy now because in L.A., a Porsche is like a Honda. It was just that I could pay that much money for a car and drive it off the lot. "

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" It's a lot of work to sell one thing on the Internet. "

" My favorite magazine is the 'Harvard Business Review.' If someone sat across from me in a restaurant and didn't know me, that might surprise them. "

" A big practice in chaos magic is the use of sigils, which are abstract words or symbols you create and embed with your wishes. "

" I wrote '#GIRLBOSS' while running a $100 million-plus revenue business. "

" There's no 'Chutes and Ladders' in life. "

Sophia Amoruso

Ladders

Life

" My entire youth has been Nasty Gal. My entire future is Nasty Gal. "

" I had 60,000 friends on MySpace. "

" Nothing will teach you more about perceived value than taking something with literally no value and selling it in the auction format. It teaches you the beauty and power of presentation, and how you can make magic out of nothing. "

" I make money, and I don't need money. "

" I have three pieces of advice I want you to remember: Don't ever grow up. Don't become a bore. Don't let The Man get to you. "

" I don't read fashion blogs all that much. I do read magazines, and I trust my friends' opinions, even though we all dress very differently. "

" As a visual person, I love a creative resume. Putting in a little effort on the design side will show that you care about making things look good. "

" I want to give other creatives the opportunity to find the entrepreneur inside themselves and teach them how to build their own platform. "

" I have this arsenal of high-waisted wide-leg '70s pants and overalls. They are more roller-disco than Alexander Wang overalls. "

" It's the beauty of the Web. You can pretend to be anything you want. But people figure out pretty quick if you don't live up to it. "

" I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing. "

" Only the paranoid survive. "

" A typical day for me involves a lot of meetings. "

Sophia Amoruso

Meetings

Lot

" If you look at my Instagram, girls are just beating down my door for tips or a job or mentorship. I can't hire every single one of them. My story is one thing that gives them hope. It's an unconventional story with anecdotes, commonsense advice and a big dose of permission to figure things out for yourself. "

" I think I've just gotten really good at accessorizing personally. I've always been good at accessorizing other people, and intellectually, I've known how to accessorize, but I was pretty minimal personally - although I was wearing a ton of rings. "

" You can't convince someone else - whether it's a potential employer, a loan officer at the car dealership, or someone you've been crushing on - that you're amazing and terrific if you don't actually think you are. "

" Don't act like you've arrived when you're just receiving the invitation. "

Sophia Amoruso

You

Act

" I've been wondering for a while now if the CEO role is one that I want - and the one that I'm best at. "

" Don't you dare alter your inner freak. "

" I work in silence. "

Sophia Amoruso

Silence

Work

" I want people to feel the freedom to be themselves. "

" The time making money should be greater than the time that you are spending money. "

" The modern girl is less concerned with everything being a brand name. "

" Everyone does a style book, and I wanted to write a business book for people that didn't think they would like a business book. "