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

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" 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. "

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

" I'm a shopaholic. I really am. I can't help myself. I do go into, browse, and purchase from my own shops, too, although the CEOs who run my businesses wish I didn't. "

" I was useless in the classroom; I would spend my time looking out of the window after the first 10 minutes. But when you do an apprenticeship, you don't have to wait for the teacher to tell you when it's time to start, because you are on the shop floor learning for real. "

" I hate mornings. "

" If the cash runs out, it's like a heart attack for you and your business. Keep that front and centre of your mind, and you will have financial security and not be struggling to pay the bills. "

" It's very difficult for an entrepreneur to let go. It's very hard to sell a successful business. People sometimes hold on until the business has no value at all. "

" I've always maintained the basic business principles of keeping it simple, doing your homework, hard work, and common sense. "

" I didn't have a great childhood, and neither did Debbie, my wife, so we both try to give the kids not only the material things we never had but also the hugs and the love. "

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

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

" Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back. "

" I am a great believer that the risk should reflect the reward. "

" Take calculated risks and limit your downside. "

" I like the odd day relaxing by the pool, but I couldn't stand to sunbathe for an entire week. "

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

" The great virtue of the web, its ease of communication, has also become its Achilles' heel in that it has polluted the air with meaningless babble and egomaniacal drivel. "

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

" I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable. "

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

" Politicians are elected to do what is right, but too many are just doing what is right for the party. "

" Save money; never rely on other people to lend you money. We call it having 'walking the streets' money - money in your back pocket or bank account that belongs to you. "

" I cringe when I watch myself on camera. I'm not articulate, and I'm dyslexic, but somehow it works. "

" Women have to work harder to be in the same position as a fella because they often have to balance work with running a family. "

" I was absolutely astonished and could not believe my eyes at the outrageous interest rates that people in need have to pay to get loans. "

" When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree so your children had a better life than you. The way out of poverty was through a degree. But the whole world has moved on from that. "

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

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" What the entrepreneur gets on 'Dragons' Den' is direct access to people with masses of experience who can actually make quick decisions. "

" Businesses might have been helped by the ability to promote themselves on the Internet, but they have also been hit by the web's encouragement of time-wasting by their staff. "

" Wherever I go in the world, I put aside several days to go visit the stores. "