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" If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. "
J. Paul Getty
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" Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock. "
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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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" The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. "
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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
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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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" 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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" The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. "
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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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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 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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" The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. "
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" I can afford to say what I wish. "
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" I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them. "
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" Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. "
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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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" Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. "
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" The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. "
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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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" 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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" 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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