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" 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. "

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

Sophia Amoruso

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" When I was 22, I wasn't too proud to do anything. I was taking out trash, buying stinky vintage clothes, and pulling gross Kleenex out of the pockets. "

" At the bare minimum, you need to be in your position for a year before you ask for a raise or title change. "

" 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'm not going to lie - it's insulting to be praised for being a 'woman' with 'no college degree.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I was terrified and confused every day of my life until I started Nasty Gal, and for a good while after as well. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" My first job was as a sandwich artist at Subway. "

" There are a lot of parents who've come to me and said about their daughters, 'Oh my God, she's 21, she's totally flailing. Your story gives me hope.' I put my mom through that. "

" Some of the best things that I ever sold on Ebay, I bought on Ebay - just for way less. "

" 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

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" Music is such a big part of my life. "

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

" It takes a lot more than just knowing how to put an outfit together to succeed in the fashion industry, so more power to you if this is where you want to be; just don't expect it to be an extended trip to the mall. "

" Sometimes in the world, there's such pressure to follow a certain path that we forget the importance of learning as we go. "

" 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. "

" My parents taught me the value of money and working hard. And I kind of got that in me intuitively. "

Sophia Amoruso

Parents

Money

" I often say my naivete early on in my career worked in my favor. "

" Only the paranoid survive. "

" If this is a man's world, who cares? I'm still really glad to be a girl in it. "

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

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

" I learned the hard way that taking shortcuts and living for free is not really living free. "

" You don't get taken seriously by asking someone to take you seriously. You've got to show up and own it. "

" Spell check exists for a reason. "

" 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. "