Ben Elliot Quotes
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Now if I don't take exercise I feel a bit frazzled.
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There are a lot of laws from Europe about employing people which are absolute nonsense.
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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'm not going to complain to New Yorkers about working too hard.
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'Concierge' comes from the Latin for 'slave.'
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Fastidious attention to detail makes the difference between an OK service and first class service.
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I eat out three times a day most days of the year. This is no big deal to most New Yorkers, and it is not something I am necessarily proud of - it's simply the nature of my itinerant life.
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I've always been fascinated by India and its color and vibrancy. I worked in Madhya Pradesh in the Kanha National Game reserve before university, and it is probably the most intoxicating country I have ever visited.
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When I lived in New York, I discovered these Russian & Turkish Baths in East 10th Street. Great for a platza treatment - plus, you'll run into the world and his wife there.
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My father instilled in me an attitude that you couldn't really enjoy yourself unless you had done something to deserve it. So, my childhood was spent working on farms or local shops or, when I got older, in banks.
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For me, life is not about gold taps and marble all over the place.
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I don't set out to be connected. My business has allowed me to meet lots of interesting people, some of whom have become friends; but you can't force it. This terrible word - 'networking' - I really hate.
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When the truth does not get printed, damage is done.
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I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics or a non-government organisation when I left. I might well do this later on. I'd love to represent a West Country seat in the House of Commons.