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- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
I cannot remember a moment in my life when I have not felt the love of my family. We were a family that would have killed for each other - and we still are.
- Blue
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin Blue getting up and adding a bit of competition, and it's fun to be able to deliver it.
- Group
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
And you know, I've had great fun turning quite a lot of different industries on their head and making sure those industries will never be the same again, because Virgin went in and took them on.
- Attempting
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in a balloon on the first attempt. All of us who are attempting to go around the world in balloons are effectively flying in experimental craft because these craft cannot be tested.
- Fly
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- Nov 07, 2020
The balloons only have one life and the only way of finding out whether they work is to attempt to fly around the world.
- Own
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- Nov 07, 2020
And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal challenge.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you know, if I fly on somebody else's airline and find the experience is not a pleasant one, which it wasn't in - 21 years ago, then I'd think, well, you know, maybe I can create the kind of airline that I'd like to fly on.
- Dividing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And I think if you start a business without financial backing, you're likely to go the wrong side of that dividing line.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nobody's ever called me Sir Richard. Occasionally in America, I hear people saying Sir Richard and think there's some Shakespearean play taking place. But nowhere else anyway.
- Learning
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
- Mistakes
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- Nov 07, 2020
One thing is certain in business. You and everyone around you will make mistakes.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling of, 'Oh God, I've got to do this today.'
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
My philosophy is that if I have any money I invest it in new ventures and not have it sitting around.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for me is to invest in creating new businesses, create jobs, employ people, and to put money aside to tackle issues where we can make a difference.
- Funny Thing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'
- Financial Resources
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a lad of the '60s. I started a magazine to try and end the Vietnam war, but it was a number of years before I had the profile, the financial resources and the time to do more.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing on the essentials.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Through the right people focusing on the right things, we can, in time, get on top of a lot if not most of the problems of this world. And that's what a number of us are trying to do.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's nothing like the endorphins from being fit, and the incredible endorphin rush that goes with that.
- Nov 07, 2020
I think it's quite great to set yourself a big challenge, and then you've got another reason for keeping fit.
- Come
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've been very lucky. I come from a very close family.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you want to be more productive, then start at the start: get there on time. Whether it is a meeting, a flight, an appointment or a date, it's important to ensure you are there when you say you will be there. This may feel like an old-fashioned tip to give, but it has served me well for five decades in business.
- Exercise
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always find the time to exercise - kitesurfing, tennis or cycling - and to spend time with my loved ones.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
All you have in business is your reputation - so it's very important that you keep your word.
- Influence
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would be lying if I didn't admit sadness that our wonderful airline is merging with another. Because I'm not American, the U.S. Department of Transportation stipulated I take some of my shares in Virgin America as non-voting shares, reducing my influence over any takeover. So there was sadly nothing I could do to stop it.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
As more airlines consolidated and grew larger and more focused on the bottom line, flying in the U.S. became an awful experience. Despite moves to block our airline from flying, Virgin America began service in August 2007 - with the goal of making flying good again.
- Cash
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a bit like the Queen in that I don't carry much cash.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no way I would ask others to go on a Virgin Galactic flight if I didn't feel it was safe enough for myself.
- Forget
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you're embarking around the world in a hot-air balloon, don't forget the toilet paper.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My interest in life comes from setting myself huge, apparently unachievable challenges and trying to rise above them.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
We are going to transform Britain's rail system from the worst in the world to the best. If you can do a few things like that, when the body gives out, you can say you've lived a good life.
- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
When hiring somebody, I never ask to see a curriculum vitae. I feel that since I didn't have one myself, it would be a bit presumptuous to ask to see anyone else's.
- Desk
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good leader doesn't get stuck behind a desk.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not the sort of person who gives up on things. The first time we crossed the Atlantic in the balloon, it crashed, and we went on and did the Pacific. First time we crossed the Atlantic in a boat, it sank, and we went on and got the record. So, generally speaking, we will pick ourselves up, brush ourselves down, and carry on.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
We have one planet in our solar system that's habitable, and that's the Earth, and space travel can transform things back here for the better. First of all, by just having people go to space and look back on this fragile planet we live on. People have come back transformed and have done fantastic things.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
My attitude has always been, if you fall flat on your face, at least you're moving forward. All you have to do is get back up and try again.
- Grandfather
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take - not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Although I've been living in the British Virgin Islands for some time now, I have never stopped caring passionately about the U.K. and its great people.
- Father
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- Nov 07, 2020
My father Ted fought in North Africa, Italy, and Germany during World War II. My grandfather survived the horrors of the trenches in World War I. I truly believe that one of the E.U.'s greatest achievements is that it has kept its members out of conflict in Europe.
- Big Difference
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no point in starting a business unless you're going to make a dramatic difference to other people's lives. So if you've got an idea that's gonna make a big difference to other people's lives, then just get on and do it.
- Creative
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- Nov 07, 2020
A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I never get the accountants in before I start up a business. It's done on gut feeling, especially if I can see that they are taking the mickey out of the consumer.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being an entrepreneur, but I soon found I had to become an entrepreneur in order to keep my magazine going.
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages to the people who work for them. It would be so much better if that money was spent in Africa - and it's about getting a balance.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands are brand names in themselves, and at a given stage in their careers their name alone can practically gaurantee hit records.
- Our
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- Nov 07, 2020
With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to get lucky on one of our flights.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This is all experimental.
- Internet
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- Nov 07, 2020
We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to the Internet, whether it be through a personal computer, a set-top box or a mobile phone.
- Battle
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- Nov 07, 2020