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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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" 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. "

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Encouragement

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" If you cannot bore your friends to death about your own small business, then something is seriously wrong. "

" Business isn't complicated; we complicate business. "

" For me, the high street is a key part of how we live, what sort of community we are, how we get our news, and how we get our gossip. "

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Gossip

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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. "

" 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. "

Theo Paphitis

Everyone

" 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.' "

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

" The eight years I spent at Millwall were among the best times of my life. "

" 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 admire people who have passion and energy. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Making the first million is hard; making the next 100 million is easy. "

Theo Paphitis

Million

Making

" 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'm a very considerate spender. I'm a shopper, and I do spend money, but I think about it first. "

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

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

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

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

Theo Paphitis

Cats

Bag

" 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. "

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

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

" 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'm a traditionalist, a family man. I love my kids. I believe I have brought them up the right way. They are all very different: they have different drives, different ambitions. They are never going to be me. They are going to be themselves. "

Theo Paphitis

Love

Way

" When I was on 'Dragons' Den,' most of the letters I received were from people under 16. They wrote about their ideas, their views, their challenges. The audience is actually a very young audience. "

" If you look at all the investments made during 'Dragons' Den,' the ratio of those that make it to those that don't is actually extremely high. "

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

" 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. "

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