14 Quotes by Ruth Handler

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Television speeded everything up.

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

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    I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

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I thought the Barbie doll would always be successful.

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    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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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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