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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I have to be passionate about everything I do.
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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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If people don't feel they've got your attention, you're not going to succeed.
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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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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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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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When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.
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I'm not going to complain to New Yorkers about working too hard.
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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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Now if I don't take exercise I feel a bit frazzled.
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Since childhood, I have been a cricket fanatic.
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In my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.
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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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I mainly read histories and biographies, but I'm also a big fan of Graham Swift and Thomas Hardy.
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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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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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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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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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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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There are a lot of laws from Europe about employing people which are absolute nonsense.
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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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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.