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" I think many people go to business school and learn ways to play it safe, ensuring that they avoid some of the pain that entrepreneurs endure while taking less calculated risks. "

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" It was easy for me in my bathrobe to provide really great customer service. As an introvert, it's really much easier to do than when standing in a retail store. "

Sophia Amoruso

Customer

Great

" In an ideal world, you'd never have to do things that are below your position, but this isn't an ideal world, and it's never going to be. "

" I don't want to spend too much time dwelling on what I've already done because there is still so much to do. "

" I built a huge profitable business with no debt. "

" I feel like there's so many places to shop today that just feel like an Excel spreadsheet put between four walls. "

Sophia Amoruso

Excel

Feel

" Money looks better in the bank than on your feet. "

" I'm a capitalist, I'm a CEO, I run a big business, I'm an employer. "

" My days of being the tardy employee at the record store gave me a cultural and musical understanding that was more unique than if I'd just listened to garbage-y pop on the radio my entire life. "

Sophia Amoruso

Unique

Understanding

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

Sophia Amoruso

Meetings

Lot

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

" Creativity is incredibly important, but drive is equally so. "

" 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. "

" My philosophy is that you sell things for more than you bought them. "

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

" When you owe money to people, you're always going to owe money to people, so you should take care of it as soon as possible. It doesn't go away just because you ignore it. "

" 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 can show up at a Goldman Sachs conference wearing a Judas Priest T-shirt - and I have - while everyone else is wearing the same dress. "

" Every other fashion brand out there - including those that I call 'competitors' - are run by mostly old white men, and the customer knows it. "

" I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions. "

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

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

" The best wisdom is earned through experience, particularly mistakes. "

" Only the paranoid survive. "

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