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" I was born in Cyprus, but my family moved to England when I was about six. "

" We survived for hundreds of years under the old banking structure. You'd have clearing banks, then merchant banks doing the racy stuff, and then building societies where you'd join a waiting list for a mortgage. But then banks started buying stockbrokers, doing mortgages, and you ended up with these big banking groups doing everything. "

" My whole business philosophy is based on a risk-reward ratio. But it's got to stack up. If it doesn't, don't do it. You might as well go to a casino. "

" I love the English language, but I'm crap at it, so I might as well do what I'm good at. The same goes for my kids, who are also dyslexic. I won't pressure them to do anything. They've each got a trust and a mortgage-free property, which is a lot more than I had, so I know they will always be fine. "

" I can walk all day in malls, shopping centres, high streets - I love it. "

" If you really want to sort out the High Street, you ask someone like Kate Swann at WHSmith, who has done a fantastic job of running profitable shops. "

" It's called common sense, but it's not common. Most people don't have it. "

" My vision is that everyone who has ever won an #SBS retweet from me becomes part of a friendly club. Like-minded individuals can share successes and learn. "

" What I've achieved with Boux Avenue is what I always wanted to achieve with La Senza. "

" Without hope, the very fabric of our society will fall apart. "

" What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it. "

" My parents divorced, my brothers and I ended up living with my mother, and we were living with the choice of heating or eating. My mum was working, but she needed financial support to make ends meet. I had to have free school dinners and free school uniforms. "

" Stack the cards in your favour, and in a casino, you'll get arrested and put in prison, but in business and in life, it's the right thing to do. "

" Both my sons are dyslexic, and so, too, in a much milder form, is one of my daughters. "

" Good businesses will survive good times and bad times. "

" Ultimately, if you don't have an interest in what you do, it will be so much harder to make money from it. "

" I used to see Triumph TR7s and E-Type Jags, and I used to think, 'One day, I'm gonna have one of those.' I remember seeing an E-Type and walking round it 40 or 50 times. "

" Retail is my game. I spend every waking hour thinking about it. I started in the industry at the age of 18 after trying various other things that were mind-numbingly boring to me. "

" A small business can survive for a while without making a profit, but if its cashflow dries up, the impact is fatal. "

" I don't really sleep until gone midnight anyway. It takes me a while to calm down before my mind allows me to switch off. "

" I try to support local traders. The service makes up for any extra cost. "

" I'm not into cats; they aren't my bag. "

" My family's challenges meant we lived hand to mouth. There were weeks when we had neither electricity nor heating. "

" When making an investment, the people are more important than the product. "

" I'm an avid sailor, and my first time exploring the Dalmatian Coast and the Croatian islands was very special. "

" On Saturday, I don't want to be woken up until at least nine: I like a bit of a lie-in, a cup of tea, toast and marmalade, and the newspaper. "

" Entrepreneurship is just one thing that needs to be in schools. "

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" I started work at 13, had three or four part-time jobs, and learnt very quickly the values of work. "

" The reality in business and in 'Dragons' Den' is you win some, and you lose some. "

" I liked Tom Bower's biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the former Formula 1 boss. "