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" Work hard, no matter how much recognition you get. "
Sophia Amoruso
You
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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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