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" My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. "
J. Paul Getty
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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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" I am - and have always been - a Methodist. "
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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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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
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" Five wives can't all be wrong. "
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" The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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" You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred. "
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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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" 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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" Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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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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" A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. "
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" The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. "
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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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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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" Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. "
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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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