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" 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. "
Theo Paphitis
Your
Prison
Life
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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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" I hate mornings. "
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" 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. "
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" The government must recognise that taxing retailers differently is reckless. "
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" 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. "
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Window
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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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" I like the odd day relaxing by the pool, but I couldn't stand to sunbathe for an entire week. "
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" I'd like to think people know what I stand for, which is straight-talking honesty and telling you not just what you want to hear but where it is at. "
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People
" It's called common sense, but it's not common. Most people don't have it. "
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" The high street is not a retail thing: it's a social thing, part of the British lifestyle. And I say that as someone who started his life on Limassol high street in Cyprus. "
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Street
Someone
" I'd rather be rich and miserable than poor and miserable. "
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Poor
" I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite. "
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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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Money
" 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. "
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Great
Never
Try
" I'm not massively academic. I'm a commonsense person. "
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Massively
Person
" The eight years I spent at Millwall were among the best times of my life. "
Theo Paphitis
Spent
Years
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" 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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Mind
Sleep
Calm
" I am for a transactional tax at the point of purchase for both online and physical retail. "
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Am
Tax
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" I'm incredibly passionate about business, about small businesses, and about kids being given the right skills so they are successful. "
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Business
Successful
" My family's challenges meant we lived hand to mouth. There were weeks when we had neither electricity nor heating. "
Theo Paphitis
Electricity
Mouth
Family
" 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. "
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Family
Running
" I try to support local traders. The service makes up for any extra cost. "
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Up
Cost
Local
" 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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Internet
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" 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. "
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" What I've achieved with Boux Avenue is what I always wanted to achieve with La Senza. "
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" Without hope, the very fabric of our society will fall apart. "
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" I am the most conservative person you will ever come across, and that's because I'm good at reducing risks while leaving the potential rewards high. "
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