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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. "
Theo Paphitis
You
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" The more we learn about dyslexia, the more able we will be to help those with it. "
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" 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. "
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" I try to support local traders. The service makes up for any extra cost. "
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" 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. "
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" The Internet has heralded a revolution in our society. It has transformed the way we do business, entertain, communicate, and travel. In many ways, the change has been positive. The web has brought new freedoms, spurred economic growth, and extended the boundaries of knowledge. "
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" I hate mornings. "
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" My family's challenges meant we lived hand to mouth. There were weeks when we had neither electricity nor heating. "
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" Immigration has been good for this country; I know the value of it - hopefully I've given something back. "
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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 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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" When we arrived in the U.K. on the banana boat, we settled right by Old Trafford. "
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" Take calculated risks and limit your downside. "
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" I'm not a risktaker. I'm the total opposite. "
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" 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. "
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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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You
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" Great customer service does not come by chance. It is the result of training and ensuring there are enough assistants to serve the customers. "
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" I was born in Cyprus, but my family moved to England when I was about six. "
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" 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. "
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" What the entrepreneur gets on 'Dragons' Den' is direct access to people with masses of experience who can actually make quick decisions. "
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