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You only live once, and I just don’t want to waste a minute of my life.

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Richard Branson
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: July 18
Aircraft Pilot
Autobiographer
Balloonist
Business Magnate
Businessperson
Entrepreneur
Film Producer
High School Teacher
Investor
Sir Richard Branson
Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson
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Have faith in yourself. Think yes not no. Live life to the full. Never give up.
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Set impossible challenges. Then catch up with them.
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Smiling can be a competitive advantage. It makes everyone feel better and every situation brighter.
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I think the most important thing is that in the last seven days we've just had the greatest adventure of our lifetimes. I'm inquisitive ... and I love a new challenge... and if I feel that we can do it better than it's been done by other people, we'll have a go.
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What can you do to make a difference? And why should you do it? (...) the scale of one's social investments doesn't matter. What matters is that you operate as a force for good at every scale available to you.
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Look, I think that when we started Virgin Atlantic 30 years ago, we had one 747 competing with the airlines that had an average of 300 planes each. Every single one of those have gone bankrupt because they didn't have customer service. They had might, but they didn't have customer service, so customer service is everything in the end.
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I truly believe that capitalism was created to help people live better lives, but sadly over the years it has lost its way a bit. The short-term focus on profit has driven most businesses to forget about the important long-term role they have in taking care of people and the planet.
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I never wanted to be a businessman, I just wanted to change the world
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Clearly in the eyes of the consumer the brand has not been diluted, but we must guard against that happening at all costs.
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I never really felt secure until I was well into my 30s, because anytime I had success, I would invest in new projects.
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Publicity is absolutely critical. A good PR story is infinitely more effective than a front page ad.
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The jet stream is a very strong force and pushing a balloon into it is like pushing up against a brick wall, but once we got into it, we found that, remarkably, the balloon went whatever speed the wind went.
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
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I've been lucky to have survived balloon trips, boating trips, you know, a lot of rather foolish things in my life, so I was definitely born under a lucky star.
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Red tape will often get in your way. It's one of the reasons I often carry scissors!
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I've never sued anybody, though there have been one or two occasions I've wanted to strangle one or two people.
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Like getting into a bleeding competition with a blood bank.
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I never went into business just to make money - but I found that if I have fun, the money will come. I often ask myself, is my work fun and does it make me happy? I believe that the answer to that is more important than fame or fortune. If it stops being fun, I ask why? If I can't fix it, I stop doing it.
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Chance favors the prepared mind. The more you practice, the luckier you become.
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Making the extra effort to say thanks in a genuine, personal manner goes a long way. It is pleasurable to do, and it encourages more of the same good behavior.
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