Alan Sugar quotes
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“Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.”
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“If you enjoy what you do, don't be afraid of expressing your enthusiasm. Enjoyment is infectious.”
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“A good leader is not necessarily the most popular person in their business, but the best ones are liked because they are respected for their clarity and vision.”
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“Effective leadership is about earning respect, and it's also about personality and charisma”
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“You can't stop people printing what they want to print.”
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“The boring side of business is what makes it work.”
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“The entrepreneurial instinct is in you. You can't learn it, you can't buy it, you can't put it in a bottle. It's just there and it comes out.”
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“I don't make enemies, it's just I'm not afraid to speak my mind, which can sometimes mean people don't like what I am saying”
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“I know you're Belgian, that's where those waffles come from.”
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“I knоw you're Belgian, that's whеrе thоsе waffles Ñоmе frоm”
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“Love what you do and do what you love, otherwise you will become unhappy and self-defeating.”
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“Among some of the youngsters, I think reality TV has installed that culture into them and inspired a few of them into wanting to be 'TV celebrities.”
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“I've written books on advertising-cheque books.”
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“There is a lot of luck in football. Following England is like following Wycombe Wanders or Leyton Orient. You hope for the best and hope you are lucky.”
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“During negotiations nothing is gained by attacking people's comfort zones.”
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“Market leaders inevitably slip into decline when they tell the people what they want instead of giving the people what they want.”
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“I am not looking for a friend; if I want a friend I'd buy a dog.”
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“There are two fools in every marketplace; one asks too little, one asks too much.”
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“Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors.”
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“There's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it”
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“If you lock me in the room with a piano teacher for a year I might be able to knock out a rendition of 'Roll Out The Barrel,' but will I ever be a concert pianist? No.”
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“I like things in their proper places.”
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“If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too.”
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“An entrepreneur is not what you call yourself, it's what someone calls you in recognition of what you've achieved. I call Richard Branson an entrepreneur. Rupert Murdoch called me one. Anybody who stands up and says: 'I'm an entrepreneur' needs shooting. You'll drive people crazy.”
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“Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally.”
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“It is torment to be segregated out because of some bit of clothing that you're wearing.”
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“It will take a brave person to cull the benefits system and analyse who deserves and who doesn't.”
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“Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through.”
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“Money is all right but once you have it you learn it's not the be all and end all.”
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“My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.”
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“Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.”
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“Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.”
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“There was a desire to see me being nasty and horrible, and of course that's not really me”
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“I don't believe in God and all that. But I am Jewish, and very proud to be so, very proud of the culture.”
-- Alan SugarSource : "Sir Alan Will See You Now". Interview with Sam Wollaston, www.theguardian.com. March 25, 2009.
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“Don't try to blame the rest of the world. The blame only lies with you. Recognize that immediately.”
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“My history of lending money from banks is that they want to know the ins and outs of the backside of a duck.”
-- Alan SugarSource : Interview with Gordon Brown, The Sun, December 11, 2009.
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“In America, everybody thinks they're an entrepreneur. That's the problem. It's not a title that anybody should call oneself.”
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“I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.”
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“I don't like this young crudeness now which is supposed to be comedy on Friday nights.”
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“I get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.”
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“I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.”
-- Alan SugarSource : Alan Sugar (2015). “Unscripted: My Ten Years in Telly”, p.210, Pan Macmillan
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“I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.”
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“I've just got an exceptional memory, if I say so myself.”
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