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" My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing. "
J. Paul Getty
Wealth
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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 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 meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. "
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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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" My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil. "
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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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" 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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" The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. "
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" If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. "
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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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" Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. "
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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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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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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
" The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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" Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. "
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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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" The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavor. "
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" I can afford to say what I wish. "
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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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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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" 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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" Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. "
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" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. "
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" You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred. "
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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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