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" I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. "
J. Paul Getty
Cynic
Born
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" I am - and have always been - a Methodist. "
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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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" My love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. "
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" What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. "
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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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" I've never been one to bet on the weather. "
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" The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips. "
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" You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. "
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" Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. "
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" To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business. "
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" There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. "
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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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Business
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" Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses. "
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" Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. "
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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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Am
Ever
" There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection. "
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Liked
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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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Beauty
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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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Politeness
Japan
" 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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" 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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Association
Friendship
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" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. "
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" I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue. "
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Era
" 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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Creation
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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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Freedom
Rest
My Life
" Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock. "
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Carry
Price
Ability
" The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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Kennedy
Absolutely
Intention
" A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. "
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Hatred
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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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