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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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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A lot of my work is about developing relationships with corporate partners such as Jaguar and Diageo.
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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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For me, life is not about gold taps and marble all over the place.
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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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When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.
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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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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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If people don't feel they've got your attention, you're not going to succeed.
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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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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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Since childhood, I have been a cricket fanatic.
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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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I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy.
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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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I definitely like sorting stuff out, and I have the enthusiasm to try and help.