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SW3 Chelsea Tiger said:
Never give up…….

At age 16, this kid started a local music magazine called 'Student' in his hometown.

At 17, he was a failure in the Christmas Tree business.

At 18, he was a failure as a pet bird salesman.

At 19, he started a mail order record business out of a Sunday school room at his family church. This time, he found mild sucess selling records marked for export only at a highly discounted rate.

At 20 years old, he tried to help Mike Oldfield, a musician he knew and liked, get a record deal, but nobody would sign him.

At 21, he started a record label so he could sign Mike Oldfield himself. He names the company Virgin because none of them had any experience in the record industry.

At 33, when his flight was canceled, he chartered a plane and sold all the seats to pay for the charter.

At 34, he bought a plane and started Virgin Air.

At 50, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

At 54, he went into space on his own Virgin Galactic Spaceship.

Today, at 74, Sir Richard Branson spends most of his time on his private island. He doesn't have to do it all himself anymore. Now-a-days, when he says he believes in a young artist and thinks they should get a record deal, it happens without having to fight.

Richard Branson will tell you himself, he's not a particularly smart man, and he's not the best in business, but he has one quality that is more important. He doesn't take no for an answer, and he doesn't give no for an answer. He doesn't quit. He takes on challenges and finds a way. There's a lot to be said for that! You can not beat a person who won't quit. Y'all have a good day!

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I knew his uncle, who was head of the Hull steam Trawlers mutual insurance company on the fish dock. Just saying.
 
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I know they are only 12 but to get a LIFE sentence and then temper it by saying a minimum of 8 and a 1/2 years.

I have no idea what he did but a guy in Sunderland has just got 4 years and 4 months for his part in the disturbances back in the summer. He was charged with riot apparently.
 
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