Ben Elliot Quotes

Ben Elliot

Profession : Businessman

Birth : August 11, 1975

I definitely like sorting stuff out, and I have the enthusiasm to try and help.

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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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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 think people might say I'm a bit of a sucker for punishment.

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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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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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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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I'm a creature of habit and tend to favour small, traditional English businesses.

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I have to be passionate about everything I do.

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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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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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'Concierge' comes from the Latin for 'slave.'

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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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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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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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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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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 my heart and soul, I am a West Country man, and ideally, my weekends are spent there.

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