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" I can walk all day in malls, shopping centres, high streets - I love it. "
Theo Paphitis
Day
Walk
Shopping
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" The decisions you make when you leave school define the rest of your life. So, in terms of making the right choices for your financial security as you get older, my best advice is to do something you have an interest in and are passionate about, as you'll be working for a long time. "
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" Wherever I go in the world, I put aside several days to go visit the stores. "
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" I was lucky enough to find my passion early - in retail - and I have done well but, most importantly, loved doing it. "
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" 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. "
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" Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back. "
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" My family come from Cyprus. Both my father and my grandfather worked on the British bases there, and as the British government granted independence to Cyprus, they granted British passports to those who worked with them. "
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" 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. "
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" I was born in Cyprus, but my family moved to England when I was about six. "
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Six
" I liked Tom Bower's biography of Bernie Ecclestone, the former Formula 1 boss. "
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" The eight years I spent at Millwall were among the best times of my life. "
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" I'm not massively academic. I'm a commonsense person. "
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" Ultimately, if you don't have an interest in what you do, it will be so much harder to make money from it. "
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Will
Money
" 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. "
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Sleep
Calm
" When making an investment, the people are more important than the product. "
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People
" I'm not into cats; they aren't my bag. "
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Cats
Bag
" 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. "
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Life
" I hate mornings. "
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Mornings
Hate
" Business isn't complicated; we complicate business. "
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Complicate
Complicated
Business
" The wider the exposure that we give children of the real working world, the better. "
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Real
Working
" Becoming a campaign representative for the somewhereto_ re:store campaign was a simple choice. "
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Campaign
Choice
" 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. "
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Age
Me
Thinking
" I like the odd day relaxing by the pool, but I couldn't stand to sunbathe for an entire week. "
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Day
Like
Odd
" A lot of multinationals have long, drawn-out processes and are pretty useless at putting products on the shelves quickly. "
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Useless
Long
Lot
" Online is not contributing in the same way as the high street in terms of business rates and to the local community. "
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" I'm an avid sailor, and my first time exploring the Dalmatian Coast and the Croatian islands was very special. "
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Exploring
Time
" What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it. "
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Degree
Fancy
" I cringe when I watch myself on camera. I'm not articulate, and I'm dyslexic, but somehow it works. "
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Dyslexic
Cringe
" Politicians are elected to do what is right, but too many are just doing what is right for the party. "
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Just
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Right
" There are huge misconceptions about people on benefits. They are labelled scroungers or cheats. The reality is that many who need that level of support are working, but their income is not enough to get out of debt or pay for basics like food and household bills. It's so close to the way I grew up. "
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" The minute I stepped foot on the shop floor and started serving in a retail environment, I knew it was the career for me. I was a shop assistant for just one day, and I thought, 'This is it. This is the rest of my life. This is all I want to do.' "
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Life
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