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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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" Young people are the entrepreneurs of the future, and we should be looking to them as one of our sources of innovation for the high streets of tomorrow. "

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" 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. "

" Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back. "

" Great customer service does not come by chance. It is the result of training and ensuring there are enough assistants to serve the customers. "

" 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. "

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

" What the entrepreneur gets on 'Dragons' Den' is direct access to people with masses of experience who can actually make quick decisions. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" A lot of multinationals have long, drawn-out processes and are pretty useless at putting products on the shelves quickly. "

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

" 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

" What I've achieved with Boux Avenue is what I always wanted to achieve with La Senza. "

Theo Paphitis

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" When I went to school, most parents wanted their children to get good A-levels, to go to university, and get a degree so your children had a better life than you. The way out of poverty was through a degree. But the whole world has moved on from that. "

" What makes business exciting is that you don't need a fancy degree, and anyone can do it. "

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

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

" In my early teens, I was working in a Wimpy Bar and delivering cab company cards to make cash. I also ran a tuck shop at school. I struggled academically because of being dyslexic. When I saw other families and what they had, it inspired me. I thought, 'I can get that, too, if I work hard.' "

Theo Paphitis

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" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" If someone underestimates you because you are warm and approachable, then you have an advantage over them. "

" I can walk all day in malls, shopping centres, high streets - I love it. "