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- Europe
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- Nov 07, 2020
There are a lot of laws from Europe about employing people which are absolute nonsense.
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'Concierge' comes from the Latin for 'slave.'
- Life
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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.
- Marriage
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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.
- Childhood
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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.
- Everything
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I have to be passionate about everything I do.
- People
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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.
- I Am
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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.
- Eating
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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.
- Best
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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.
- Daily
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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.
- Experience
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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.
- Country
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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.
- Difference
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Fastidious attention to detail makes the difference between an OK service and first class service.
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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.
- Beauty
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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.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
When the truth does not get printed, damage is done.
- Childhood
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since childhood, I have been a cricket fanatic.
- Ensure
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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.
- Partners
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my work is about developing relationships with corporate partners such as Jaguar and Diageo.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Hate
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Once
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- Nov 07, 2020
Once you're involved in a business, it's part of what you do. It's the way you are.
- Something
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When you think about the word 'quintessentially', it's about trying to get to the very essence of something.
- Habit
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I'm a creature of habit and tend to favour small, traditional English businesses.
- Feel
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Now if I don't take exercise I feel a bit frazzled.
- I Am
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In my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.
- Long
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