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" The wider the exposure that we give children of the real working world, the better. "

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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.' "

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

" Good businesses will survive good times and bad times. "

" 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. "

" Small does not mean insignificant. "

" I hate mornings. "

" 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. "

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

" The high streets I remember best were Seven Sisters Road in north London and then sunny Peckham in south London after we moved there. They were where my parents used to shop. They were great, part of being a teenager. "

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

" I admire people who have passion and energy. "

" The statistics for investing in small businesses are such that the vast majority fail. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" I love the English language, but I'm crap at it, so I might as well do what I'm good at. The same goes for my kids, who are also dyslexic. I won't pressure them to do anything. They've each got a trust and a mortgage-free property, which is a lot more than I had, so I know they will always be fine. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" I cringe when I watch myself on camera. I'm not articulate, and I'm dyslexic, but somehow it works. "

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

" Take calculated risks and limit your downside. "

" My family come from Cyprus. Both my father and my grandfather worked on the British bases there, and as the British government granted independence to Cyprus, they granted British passports to those who worked with them. "