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“We can no longer look to others to supply our needs. We must take on that responsibility individually and collectively and find strength within our own community.”

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“Let’s laugh a little too. It can have a powerful effect, as proved in a very effective demonstration in Karnataka, India, in 1994, where the people simply stood outside the parliament building until they laughed the parliament right out of office.”

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“It is pretty clear that society needs reshaping, and quickly.”

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“A well-balanced society must put people before the headlong rush for profit. Much research shows the increased productivity and happiness of people working fewer hours each week.”

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“Decoupling the housing market from speculation and setting up a separate financing model would be needed. The current out-of-date corporate model needs attention.”

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“Investment in green technology is to be welcomed, but is it enough? It is not just about changing technologies. That has to go hand in hand with changing the way we live and work.”

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“In business, we need to find a better way, but I know from bitter personal experience that when Anita and I decided to turn The Body Shop into a public company, we lost control to conservative institutions that cared little for its future.”

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“We developed ethical innovations such as community trade, which involved sharing the profits from some products with the communities that produced them and running many challenging campaigns.”

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“The moment I realised that we had made a mistake in taking The Body Shop public was about eight years after we did so. It was also the moment I felt I grew up.”

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“Take note of signs from the universe, and never forget to trust your intuition.”

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“I’m completely alone in every sense of the word.”

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Author:Gordon Roddick, 1965