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" No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by being a conformist. "
J. Paul Getty
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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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" Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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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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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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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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" What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. "
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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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" The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services. "
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" How does one measure the success of a museum? "
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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 rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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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 was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue. "
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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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" There are at least 50 cities in the world that would have liked to obtain the Getty Collection. "
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" There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. "
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" I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. "
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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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" Governments, of course, can - and do - soak the rich. "
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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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" A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. "
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