"I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of……" — Richard Branson
"I was dyslexic, I had no understanding of schoolwork whatsoever. I certainly would have failed IQ tests. And it was one of the reasons I left school when I was 15 years old. And if I - if I'm not interested in something, I don't grasp it."
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Richard Branson
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447 Quotes by Richard Branson
Richard Branson has 447 quotes on this site.
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A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts.
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You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.
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My general attitude to life is to enjoy every minute of every day. I never do anything with a feeling…
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Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again.
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To me, business isn't about wearing suits or pleasing stockholders. It's about being true to yourself, your ideas and focusing…
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Business opportunities are like buses, there's always another one coming.
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For a successful entrepreneur it can mean extreme wealth. But with extreme wealth comes extreme responsibility. And the responsibility for…
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I believe in benevolent dictatorship provided I am the dictator.
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Ridiculous yachts and private planes and big limousines won't make people enjoy life more, and it sends out terrible messages…
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Fortunately we're not a public company - we're a private group of companies, and I can do what I want.
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Right now I'm just delighted to be alive and to have had a nice long bath.
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If you want to be a Millionaire, start with a billion dollars and launch a new airline.
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I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.
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Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.
— David Bailey
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There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion…
— Chuck Close
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My childhood was extremely lonely. I was dyslexic and lots of kids make fun of me. That experience made me…
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When I was about 7 years old, I had been labeled dyslexic. I'd try to concentrate on what I was…
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I picked up reading late because I grew up dyslexic. When I went to college, a friend who was a…
— Lee Pace
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Hi, well soon return you to the dyslexic production of Bitty Bitty Chang Chang...
— Colin Mochrie
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I was very active but I was dyslexic and had a really hard time at school.
— Ashley Scott
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I was afraid the teacher was going to make me read in front of class and I was going to…
— Bruce Jenner
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Mario, what do you get when you cross an insomniac, an unwilling agnostic and a dyslexic?
— David Foster Wallace
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When the course of experience made me see that there is no saviour and no special grace, no remission beyond…
— Yann Martel
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I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.
— James Van Der Beek
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