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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
J. Paul Getty
Governments
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" The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. "
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" A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement. "
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" Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. "
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" Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there. "
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" No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist. "
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" During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures. "
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" The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations. "
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