Ben Elliot Quotes
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Buenos Aires is easily one of the most stylish cities in the world with its eclectic collection of neighborhoods, each with its own unique charm.
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Since I travel to the four corners of this planet for work, I don't need sun holidays or that kind of thing.
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For me, a stay at the Uma Paro with Pilates every morning is a perfect escape.
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The way I choose to live my own life rates time and space as real luxuries.
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I don't believe that saying things because you feel they are what people want to hear is the right way to be in any part of your life.
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It's not marriage that I crave. Many of my friends who have married are pretty miserable. Within a year and a half, most of them are either unhappy or divorced.
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I have to be passionate about everything I do.
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I'm a creature of habit and tend to favour small, traditional English businesses.
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When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.
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I have an issue with others ordering for me, and I spend far too long haranguing people that my choices are the best. I apologize for the amount of conversations I have ruined with this attitude.
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I knew Quintessentially was a success when my father, who does a lot of business in Beirut, introduced himself to somebody and they said, 'Oh, do you know Ben Elliot? I'd really like to meet him.' I remember him ringing me up, really annoyed.
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Art is the ultimate luxury good, but one that can make you think, give a you a blast of beauty and enhance your life. Even if the work's made of plasticine.
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In summer, my Sundays are often taken up with cricket. I play with a bunch of other over-competitive and overenthusiastic guys who I have known for a very long time.
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Since childhood, I have been a cricket fanatic.
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What goes around comes around in business, and it's better to help people out rather than bill them every time you speak to them.
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A lot of my work is about developing relationships with corporate partners such as Jaguar and Diageo.
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If people don't feel they've got your attention, you're not going to succeed.
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My obsession with eating out partly comes from having spent 10 long years at English boarding schools in the 1980s, where food was pretty low on the list.
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A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish.
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I definitely like sorting stuff out, and I have the enthusiasm to try and help.
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In the same way I am addicted to puddings - the sweeter the better - I have become addicted to the daily routines my Pilates and Gyrotonic guru, Nada, puts me through.
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Once you're involved in a business, it's part of what you do. It's the way you are.
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With offices in 64 cities around the world, it is sometimes a challenge to ensure that I've got my finger on the pulse with every one, everywhere. Staying in touch means early rising for calls with China and Japan, and late calls with the U.S.
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I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy.