Quotes by Joy Mangano - Page 1

I'm a firm believer in the circle of commerce.
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Believer
Commerce
Firm
Circle
Firm Believer
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I think if you believe in something hard enough, it'll work.
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Enough
Hard
Work Believe Enough
Work Believe Hard
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There is something special when creative people get together.
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Creative
Creative People
Get Together
People
Something Special
Special
Together
Get
Something
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You can tell when somebody's authentic about what they're saying.
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Authentic
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There's a lot of pressure to make products better. I don't feel freer.
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Freer
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I told myself the next time I had a good idea, I would bring it to market.
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Next Time
Time Good Myself
Good Idea
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Don't be afraid to have a reality check. Taking risks is OK, but you must be realistic.
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Realistic
Taking Risks
Afraid
Check
Must
Ok
Risks
Taking
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Trust your instincts: If your instincts have always served you well, trust them and follow them.
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Trust Always Your
Served
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As natural as it is for a parent to talk about their child, it is for me to talk about my product.
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Parent
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I definitely don't need therapy in life because I have gone through every little corner of my life.
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Therapy
Life My Life Through
Corner
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It warms my heart more than anything when somebody comes up to me and says, 'You inspired me to do this.'
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Somebody
More Than Anything
Says
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I am an entrepreneur. Beyond that, I am a mother and part of a wonderful family that is part of a wonderful business.
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Entrepreneur
Family Business I Am
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I'm a mom. I work. I have a house to clean, things to organize. We all have certain similar needs, and I address them.
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Clean
Organize
Similar
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Robert De Niro, I have loved this man forever. I mean, I think I have seen the 'Godfather' 300 times, but he is so special.
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De Niro
Godfather
Niro
Robert
Robert De Niro
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I made all sorts of things: drawings, sculptures - I was doing origami before I even knew the word. I was constantly creating.
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Drawings
Sculptures
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I was just was tired of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, ringing out a mop. So, I said, 'There's gotta be a better way.'
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Bending
Tired
Better Way
Gotta
Ringing
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I'll see somebody struggling with something, and it doesn't matter if it's ironing or mopping or traveling, my brain just starts to percolate.
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Brain
Ironing
Struggling
Traveling
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When I look back, some of the greatest people in the history of the world have created things where paths have never been with such resiliency.
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History Look World
Paths
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When I wake up, I think, 'What can I do to help others?' I think we all owe the world something. That's the way I am when I'm designing a product.
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Wake Up
World I Am Way
Designing
Help Others
Owe
Product
Wake
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I actually didn't believe the producers when they said, 'Joy, we're writing a movie about your life'. I was like, 'Oh, OK, fine, call me tomorrow.'
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Tomorrow
Life Believe Me
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Overcome obstacles one at a time: Sometimes the end goal becomes too daunting, so take things one step at a time and overcome each obstacle as you get to it.
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Overcome
Becomes
Daunting
Obstacle
Step
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I think the movie, 'Joy,' has so many touchpoints with so many people because it is about the ordinary, but a lot of the times, the ordinary is extraordinary.
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Movie
Extraordinary
Joy
Ordinary
So Many People
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I've stood up in front of America for 25 years, and I wish I could bring everybody into my home that I have touched in my career. That would be an amazing thing.
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Touched
Amazing Thing
Stood
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Early on, QVC was the most appealing medium for me because it allowed me to share the stories behind my products and directly communicate the features and benefits.
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Communicate
Features
Appealing
Directly
Medium
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The Miracle Mop created an entirely new category of stick goods - the twist mop. And when I demonstrated it for people, they'd invariably say, 'I have to have that.'
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Goods
Category
Entirely
Invariably
Twist
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It's easy to design expensive products. But there's that product democracy that I believe very strongly in to make something affordable for almost anybody that would want to use it.
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Affordable
Expensive
Design Believe I Believe
Strongly
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From the start, I was focused on getting the Good Housekeeping Seal. I wanted to go on TV and tell everyone that the Miracle Mop had it. Now, I can proudly say 26 of my products have been approved!
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Approved
Good Housekeeping
Housekeeping
Proudly
Seal
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I'll be a mentor to those who want to create a business, product or service and aren't exactly sure how to do that. To me, it's a true sign of success if I can help someone have a better time of it.
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Success Time Business
Better Time
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Inventing is something that has always come very natural to me. As a child, I was always fiddling with things, making contraptions. I'd see something, go home, and try to make something even better.
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Inventing
Natural
Fiddling
Go Home
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You have to make a decision: Am gonna be the person that takes the risk? Am I gonna be the person that says I'm gonna start this business and I'm gonna follow through with it no matter what the obstacles?
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Decision
Follow Through
Obstacles
Risk
Follow
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You can find a product and be aware of all the other products out there in just seconds. That's a very attractive method for companies and consumers. At the same time, it also creates a lot of competition.
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Attractive
Consumers
Method
Seconds
Creates
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Your destination might not end up being exactly what you envisioned to start with, but if you stick it out and work through the challenges, what you end up with will be far better than you could have ever imagined.
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Destination
Might
Envisioned
Exactly
Exactly What
Far
Stick
Start
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I've been told I miss every pass made at me! It would be wonderful to have a partner, but in my mind, it has to be like making a product. The product has to be meaningful, impact people - it has to be a great product.
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Meaningful
Great Mind Me
Partner
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It's common for people to start questioning themselves. As a female, I'm going to offer the advice I gave myself: You look at your strengths, you look at your goals, and accept that you are who you are. Be true to that.
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Advice
Common
Female
Questioning
Accept
Myself Your Look
True
Be True
Myself Look Goals
Gave
Start
Strengths
Themselves
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Find a way and make it happen: I've always been the type of person who couldn't rest until I found a way to make something happen. If I couldn't go around the rock, I'd find a way to go over it or under it or through it.
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Found
Make It Happen
Over It
Type
Rest
Happen
Rock
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Something I learned along the way is that you really have to have courage in life. You can do amazing things on any level. It doesn't have to change the world; it can just impact the people around you - that's just as amazing.
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Courage
Amazing
Amazing Things
Impact
Life Change Courage
Life Change Amazing
Around
Change The World
Learned
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Each time I invent something and have it manufactured, it's so incredibly exciting that I can't imagine ever wanting to stop. Envisioning new products is easy for me. I just don't have enough time in the day to design them all.
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Enough Time
New Products
Each Time
Invent
Wanting
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When I was going into inventing, it wasn't a dream the way someone goes into nursing or dancing. Because there's a path with that. It's very different when you say, 'I have an idea and it doesn't exist.' It's a very different path.
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Dancing
Inventing
Nursing
Path
Exist
Different Path
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Obviously, you have to find the confidence within yourself to pursue your ideas, but there's nothing wrong with having people around you who are going to say, 'I think that's a great idea,' or, 'I think you're doing the right thing.'
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Doing The Right Thing
Great Idea
Pursue
Right Thing
Great Yourself Your
The Right Thing
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Years ago, Barry Diller asked me to be a judge on a pilot for an inventor show on USA, and when it was over, the producer, Ken Mok, took me out to dinner and really got me talking. It was a long dinner. Afterward, he said, 'One day, I'm going to write your movie'.
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Movie
Dinner
Inventor
One Day
Said
Talking
Usa
Years
Years Ago
Me Long Day
Afterwards
Your Me Long
Judge
Asked
Barry
Show
Long Your Me
Producer
Pilot
Took
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As single-mom female inventor, there was no path for that, so really I don't think people took me seriously for a really long time. Certainly the Miracle Mop being my first successful product, people started to pay attention, and I guess now they really pay attention.
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Attention
Female
Inventor
Long Time
Miracle
Path
Pay Attention
Time Me Long
Certainly
Guess
Product
Really Long Time
Seriously
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I grew up with an Italian family in an era when a woman's path was laid out for her: You got married and had children. Simple, right? Then I got to a point around the age of 30 when I had three little children and was a single mom, and I realized life was not so simple.
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Grew
Italian
Italian Family
Married
Path
Simple
Single
Single Mom
Life Family Age
Laid
Little Children
Realized
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When I'm talking about a product, before it was a product, it was in my brain. So if I have an inspiration, I will literally get up in the middle of the night, and I'll dream about my customer... I don't feel like it's selling. I feel like it's talking about my children.
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Selling
Customer
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If you experience that feeling of being in a rut in your life, then something's not right. A lot of people who feel that way don't take the time to say, 'O.K., well, what am I doing? Is that what I want to be doing? What is it making me feel this way?' You have to identify what specifically is making you feel stuck.
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Experience
Stuck
Life Time Your
Life Time Experience
Feeling
Identify
Making
Rut
Specifically
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