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

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" In the 1960s, my first-generation immigrant parents were gifted the olive branch of a blue British passport when working for the British Army in Cyprus. It completely transformed the Paphitis story. "

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

" The more we learn about dyslexia, the more able we will be to help those with it. "

" Entrepreneurship can be taught to people with average academic abilities - the proof of that is everywhere you look. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" In Cyprus, our house was right on the beach. I could walk out of our front door, cross a road, and there was the sea. "

" 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. "

" Becoming a campaign representative for the somewhereto_ re:store campaign was a simple choice. "

" I was lucky enough to find my passion early - in retail - and I have done well but, most importantly, loved doing it. "

" 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. "

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

" Souvenirs always tend to look great when you see them in some exotic souk but awful when you finally get them back home. They tend to start in my study and eventually get demoted to the garage or the loft. "

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

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

" People in emerging markets want to do business with the U.K. I don't see why the U.K. should be penalised for this. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Online is not contributing in the same way as the high street in terms of business rates and to the local community. "

" 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. "