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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
J. Paul Getty
Profit
Notorious
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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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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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" 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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" 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 cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred. "
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" If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. "
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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 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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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
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" A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. "
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" How does one measure the success of a museum? "
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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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" 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 one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. "
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" My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. "
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" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. "
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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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" Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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" There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. "
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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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" Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. "
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" Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells. "
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" The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations. "
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" I am - and have always been - a Methodist. "
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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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" In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. "
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