Gordon Roddick Quotes

“There needs to be some mechanism to give a voice to the general good – especially in the case of the energy giants who have such control over our future.”

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“Dreams are nothing if not acted upon and turned into reality. To that, I add, keep control of your dreams because if you hand them over to others, they will not have the same commitment to achieving your reality.”

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“It's about celebrating diversity in all its aspects, human and biological.”

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“Accept responsibility.”

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“Throughout my life, I have been drawn to outsiders. The ultimate outsiders were the Beat Poets. Read the Beat Poets' work aloud. Their modern equivalent would be rappers.”

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“The Beat Poets wrote spontaneously, ignoring accepted form in favour of the complex rhythms of everyday speech.”

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“The heroes (Lucky Jim’s) are so attractive because there is an honesty in the portrayal of a weak, sometimes witty, human being with the ability to laugh – the ones committed to action, the irredeemable, the unchangeable – a youthful obsession of mine.”

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“My personal heroes are those who live as they shout, as they proclaim, as they are, for sure, with buckets full of insecurity, doubt and quicksands of anxiety. – out there – unafraid – uncopyable – unquenchable – dissatisfied – slightly dangerous – uncontrollable – and always corruptible!”

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“Not afraid of controversy.”

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“Remote from the world's real meanings, can we sit here comfortably?”

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“I am pretty much anti-everything.”

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“I have always been inspired by those who have gone their own way, who have challenged orthodoxy and the status quo and sought to make a difference, right wrongs, and often put up with being unpopular for saying and doing what they think is right.”

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“Real heroes live by a different drumbeat, verging or merging into anarchy. They break the rules and smash moulds. Some of them rampage through life with disrespect for what they leave in their slipstream.”

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“When is it time to quit moaning and get on with it?”

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“The university of life and meeting people is so important.”

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“This journey I know will lead somewhere, but where?”

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“We did not know there were rules. We probably looked at the rules and decided they made no sense.”

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“Whatever you do, be different. If you're different, you will stand out." - Gilda Perilli I cannot think of better advice for an entrepreneur. Gordon Roddick, quoting his mother-in-law, Gilda Perilli.”

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“Friends who had anarchy in their souls were reckless only by calculation and separated from convention by their own desire.”

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“My general advice, if you are thinking of playing polo, is: don’t play polo!”

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“Terry Hanlon was fond of saying polo is like a drug. Once you have learned to hit that ball, you can’t give it up. If you get hooked, buy the best horses you can afford and look after them.”

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“Never play polo with anyone you don’t like, and never be bamboozled into thinking you can play as well as the Argentines.”

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“Unbeatable. The beat goes on.”

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“I pulled myself Over the rim of my grim Void And saw two horses talking Closely In a green field, But they heard me watching And hid their secret faces In the grass, And then my glass Tear-splashed on the laughing Mirror.”

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“Live to your own morality and tell the rest to go to hell.”

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“I love the creativity of non-violence to make change.”

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“Paying it forward – a revolution in kindness.”

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“Create real change in society, business and politics.”

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“38 Degrees. Committee for the future.”

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“38 Degrees. After the calamitous loss of Anita, I was looking for something to honour her that had a hint of activism and would be one of her legacy marks.”

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“38 Degrees. I wanted to set up a campaigning group, free of political baggage, that would give ordinary people from all walks of life a chance to come together, to lobby on social and political issues and make Britain a better and fairer place to live.”

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“As for the future, 30 Degrees looks good and will develop more of a heart to keep authority honest. I hope they will be more radical and don’t get sucked into the dance of Parliament.”

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“We named the activist organisation 38 Degrees, the angle at which snowflakes come together to trigger an avalanche. I believe it did cause an avalanche of activism and protest, an unstoppable momentum.”

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“Gone Good were the days That were myselfness Today are the days of otherness Other than this Is nothingness Nothing than this is profitless The whole bloody lot is meaningless And I am Gone Good were the days”

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“And in this soak lies an episode of love’s long life.”

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“The day’s sun lined a thin thread In my eye And I And I See her In all the moments of my seed In all the moments of my eye.”

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“What we have is the now, the working for others. To be of service, to celebrate your life. We must nurture the love that we have created.”

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“Wanting to slow down and savour as much as possible.”

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“Here is a key to unlock a memory or two.”

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“Do good, or make trouble for those who are not doing good.”

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“It uncovers layer by layer all the complexities and innuendos, all the colours, shades of honesty and sincerity cast aside. It is a terrible relief to be part of a thing that holds such meaning.”

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“It comes heavy with doses of passion.”

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“I am suddenly Held still, Held still, But filled With her. I am suddenly Turned But revolve About her. I am suddenly Me, But breathe About her. I am suddenly Held still By her.”

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“What a thing is this River we run What a thing is this Music we fill What a thing is this Love we fun What a thing is this Quiet we still What a thing is this Universe we spin What a thing is this That is us”

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“I can’t diminish my part in the life of The Body Shop and, of course, the determination and brilliant foresight of Anita, the trail she blazed and the dance she led us all on, the things we achieved and how much she is missed even after all these years, beyond her tragic death on 10 September 2007 – the years have gone quickly.”

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“I am now 80+ and happy to be alive and sitting in the departure lounge. Anita and I made a great partnership, sometimes stormy, and we achieved a lot together in the great arena of life. I hope to exit with a smile, surrounded by my family.”

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“We were not looking for change but the pathway to change.”

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“Is it a primitive fundamental reproductive desire, a want to fuck the Earth to become a part of that great reproductive cycle, the mightiest source of sexual power anywhere?”

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“Imagine! I’d dreamed of Colonel Fawcett and the Xavante tribe or the Kayapó – this was like pre-destiny.”

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“Evensun If only there were a grasping Two finely ground clogs a clicking To oil a hold on the rubbing.”

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