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Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.

Richard Branson

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
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Smiling can be a competitive advantage. It makes everyone feel better and every situation brighter.
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Those who achieve great things are the ones willing to be scared but not scared off. If you dream big and take risks, impossible becomes just a word.
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I was born under a lucky star, and I have nothing whatsoever to regret. I wouldn't change a thing about my life.
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Capitalism has never stood back and examined itself properly. I think everybody knows that capitalism is the only thing that works, but is the current form of capitalism the best way of it working?
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Over the years I have found one of my best strengths is my ability to recognise talent and trust them.
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I'd like to see the government back a programme of research into the medical properties of cannabis and I do not object to its responsible use as a recreational relaxant.
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About 40 percent of my time is spent on social issues and building new organizations, more for the benefit of the climate or health issues.
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I believe in myself. I believe in the hands that work, in the brains that think, and in the hearts that love.
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Give your employees a mission that matches their ambitions. When you challenge people, they surprise you.
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I am a great believer that you need passion and energy to create a truly successful business. Remember many new businesses do not make it and running a business will be a tough experience, involving long hours and many hard decisions - it helps to have that passion to keep you going.
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Leading by fear is a lot of companies' approach, and a horrible way for people to exist in their lives, when most of your life is spent at work.
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I find it very difficult to think of mistakes not that I don't make any but because I was brought up to look only at the good things in life ... As for what lost the most money, probably Virgin Cola. It is still No 1 in Bangladesh though.
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Dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges. You then have to catch up with them.
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There is no planet B. We have to take care of the one we have
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If you want swashbuckling action in your life, become an entrepreneur and give it a go.
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I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.
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However tight things are, you still need to have the big picture at the forefront of your mind.
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I've used the Phoenix Centrifuge to replicate what the body's going to go through on the flight up. I've also done some gravity tests with ZERO-G [a charter-flight service in Arlington, Va., that uses modified Boeing 727s to simulate weightlessness], which went great.
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We have a business that some people feel pollutes, and I happen to agree with them. ... And so on the basis of trying to do good and, you know, hopefully turn a profit, what we did was we pledged that we'd put all the profits from our airline business into trying to develop clean fuels.
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Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.
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