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" I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them. "
J. Paul Getty
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" In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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" My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. "
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" Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. "
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" Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. "
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" I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily. "
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" I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life. "
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" Five wives can't all be wrong. "
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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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" 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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" I take pride in the creation of my wealth, in its existence and in the uses to which it has been and is being put. "
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" Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. "
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" There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection. "
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" I hate to be a failure. I hate and regret the failure of my marriages. I would gladly give all my millions for just one lasting marital success. "
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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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" There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. "
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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
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" The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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" My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing. "
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" I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity. "
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" If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. "
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" Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying. "
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" Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. "
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" What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. "
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" A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. "
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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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" I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. "
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