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" I've never been one to bet on the weather. "
J. Paul Getty
Weather
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" Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. "
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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 have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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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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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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" Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. "
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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
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" My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. "
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" If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. "
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" The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services. "
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" Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still? "
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" I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. "
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Born
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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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" There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. "
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" I buy when other people are selling. "
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Buy
People
" There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. "
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Work
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" You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. "
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Bring
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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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Japan
" If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem. "
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You
Your
" Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. "
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Early
Rise
" 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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Existence
Creation
Wealth
" There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection. "
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Collection
Liked
Obtain
" I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue. "
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Thrift
Brought
Era
" The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. "
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Leadership
He
Employer
" 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
" How does one measure the success of a museum? "
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Does
Museum
Success
" Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock. "
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Carry
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Ability
" I am - and have always been - a Methodist. "
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I Am
Methodist
" 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 am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity. "
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Nor
Am
Ever