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Sara Blakely grew up with an unusual conversation at the dinner table. Every week her father would put his fork down and ask the same question: What had she failed at? If Sara said she had tried out for a team but didn't make the cut, he’d give her a high five.Some 30 years later, in 2012, Forbes declared Sara Blakely

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