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" I love Africa, and Ulusaba, our home in South Africa, is pretty special. It's on a rocky hill overlooking the bush, and from your room, you can see lions stalking zebras by the waterhole. "

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" My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.' "

Richard Branson

God

Today

Day

" An exceptional company is the one that gets all the little details right. And the people out on the front line, they know when things are not going right, and they know when things need to be improved. And if you listen to them, you can soon improve all those niggly things which turns an average company into an exceptional company. "

" Although I've been living in the British Virgin Islands for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the U.K. and its great people. "

" I suppose Virgin is an unusual brand in that I suspect we're the only 'way of life' brand in the world. We're one of maybe the top 30 best known brands in the world, yet if you look at the other 29, they all specialize in one area. Whether it's Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, etc., they all generally specialize in one area. "

" I've been very passionate about renewable energy for many years, particularly solar energy and its capacity to bring abundant clean, sustainable energy to millions around the globe. "

" A passionate belief in your business and personal objectives can make all the difference between success and failure. If you aren't proud of what you're doing, why should anybody else be? "

" I would be lying if I didn't admit sadness that our wonderful airline is merging with another. Because I'm not American, the U.S. Department of Transportation stipulated I take some of my shares in Virgin America as non-voting shares, reducing my influence over any takeover. So there was sadly nothing I could do to stop it. "

" When hiring somebody, I never ask to see a curriculum vitae. I feel that since I didn't have one myself, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask to see anyone else's. "

" We have teams of people working on electric cars. So you never know - you may find Virgin competing with the Tesla in the car business as we do in the space business. "

" If you're embarking around the world in a hot-air balloon, don't forget the toilet paper. "

" At Virgin, we have always backed the power of the entrepreneur and inventor to find solutions to tricky problems. Why should climate change and the battle against carbon be any different? "

" I love travelling full stop - so while I've had some harrowing instances, I never look at them negatively. Memories are made when you're travelling - not when you're chained to your desk. "

" My mother was determined to make us independent. When I was four years old, she stopped the car a few miles from our house and made me find my own way home across the fields. I got hopelessly lost. "

Richard Branson

Mother

Car

" A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk. "

" I think it's good for a woman to put on a bit of weight when she gets older - it looks better. But a man has to stay balanced. "

" We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone. "

" Entrepreneurs are natural problem-solvers, which means that we always have ideas for new businesses popping into our heads. Having a lot of options is great, but sometimes it can be hard to focus on one when you are keen to move onto the next. "

" With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights. "

" My favorite mode of transport is hot-air ballooning. It's so graceful to be blown by the wind, to go where the wind takes you. "

Richard Branson

Transport

Mode

" A complaint is a chance to turn a customer into a lifelong friend. I say that seriously, not as some press release baloney. "

" I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more. "

" If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business. "

" From a young age, I learned to focus on the things I was good at and delegate to others what I was not good at. That's how Virgin is run. Fantastic people throughout the Virgin Group run our businesses, allowing me to think creatively and strategically. "

Richard Branson

Good

People

" You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental. "

" I love creating hideaways. My idea is to go to the most beautiful, unspoilt places, buy the land, and make sure it is never damaged. I've always admired John D. Rockefeller, who bought up tracts of land to ensure they were left wild in perpetuity. "

" Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway. "

Richard Branson

America

Play

" We're one of the only animals in the world that don't really think of ourselves as animals, but we are animals, and we must respect our fellow animals. "

" We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and I think, you know, we do it differently and I think that industries are not quite the same as a result of Virgin attacking the market. "

Richard Branson

Know

Result

" Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want. "

" I love the freedom of movement that my phone gives me. That has definitely transformed my life. "

Richard Branson

Life

Love