Ruth Handler Quotes

#1. It took us three years to even come close to catching up with the demand a little bit.

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#2. I wasn't a financial pro, and I paid the price.

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#3. Barbie always represented the fact that a woman has choices.

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#4. The doll had an adult shaped body, the thing that I had been trying to describe for years, and our guys said it couldn't be done.

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#5. I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

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#6. It's the degree of success and the length of time that is amazing.

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#7. Television speeded everything up.

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#8. Through their play Barbara imagined their lives as adults. They used the dolls to reflect the adult world around them. They would sit and carry on conversations, making the dolls real people.

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#9. They were using the dolls to project their dreams of their own futures as adult women.

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#10. I did not think this doll could ever be this huge.

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#11. We didn't know how to run a business, but we had dreams and talent.

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