We've always had a pretty competitive and pretty ferocious battle with British Airways... It's lasted now about 14 years, and we're very pleased to have survived it.

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Well, the odds must be against anybody being able to fly around the world in...

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

Lightning is something which, again, we would rather avoid.

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I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed...

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I just love life. I mean, you know, I love every second of it. I...

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Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.

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With the casino and the beds, our passengers will have at least two ways to...

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.

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A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to...

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You never know with these things when you're trying something new what can happen. This...

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We believe that within five years, 96 percent of British consumers will have access to...

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Life is a helluva lot more fun if you say yes rather than no.

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And obviously, from our own personal point of view, the principal challenge is a personal...

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Well, I think that there's a very thin dividing line between success and failure. And...

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I wanted to be an editor or a journalist, I wasn't really interested in being...

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We're introducing separate rooms with double beds in all of our planes so people can...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

So I've seen life as one long learning process. And if I see - you...

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The music industry is a strange combination of having real and intangible assets: pop bands...

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and...

We, we - as I say, we go in and shake up other industries and...

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin...

Well, we know that people in Australia love the idea of both Impulse and Virgin...