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Alan Sugar [1947-0] English
Rank: 101
Businessman, Business magnate


Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar, Kt is an English business magnate, media personality, and political advisor. According to the Sunday Times Rich List, Sugar joined the “billionaire’s club" in 2015 and in 2016 they estimated his fortune at £1.15bn, and ranked him as the 95th richest person in the UK. 

Chance, Hope, Patience, Teacher, Women



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I believe employment regulations for women, whereby the prospective employer is not able to inquire about the interviewee's status regarding children, childcare, or indeed their intention of becoming a parent, are counterproductive. Women
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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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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 get angry when people bring derisory actions against me.
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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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You've got to admire Sir Richard Branson. He is a completely different style of businessman to me, but you have got to admire what he has achieved.
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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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Youngsters have got to stop thinking about becoming the next Zuckerberg. It's a trillion-to-one chance. What they need is mater and pater to say, 'Get a job, son.' Chance
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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. Hope
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Once you decide to work for yourself, you never go back to work for somebody else.
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I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.
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The only people whose opinions I worry about are my wife, my children, and my employees.
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My mother was a housewife. My father was a garment worker.
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Well, it's not hard to be number one entertaining Jew. Some of them are quite bleeding bloody miserable, really.
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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. Teacher
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I never experienced any feelings of closeness and caring from my parents.
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You can't stop people printing what they want to print.
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Not everybody needs to go to university; they can get out and start working straight away.
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When I was a kid, a policeman was someone you looked up to and respected.
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I don't like paying 50 per cent of tax.
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I have always been an honest trader. I come from a school of traders where there was honour in the deal. No contracts, just a handshake and that's it, done. That's the way I prefer to do business but it's not always possible these days, sadly.
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I am tired of hustling.
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Why work when you can fill out a few forms and get paid for doing nothing?
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My main regret about my years in football was keeping my mouth shut like a little mouse, not daring to speak out because I was told you left the managers to get on with the job and that the chairman must never interfere with the manager's decisions or the performance of his team.
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I came from a socially deprived background when I was 15, 16 years old, but one thing I knew was one - you don't abuse a policeman, and two - you don't steal things.
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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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I've just got an exceptional memory, if I say so myself.
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I'm a commercial person, not an academic.
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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 like to be a very fair person.
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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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I did not come into football to make money. I had already made millions.
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There's too much of a culture that exists out there, what I call an expectancy culture, of things being provided.
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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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I have no patience at all. Patience
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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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Nobody can honestly say that they never lie.
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I like to keep fit.
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I like things in their proper places.
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I'm not that hands-on as a grandfather.
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