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" Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. "
J. Paul Getty
Experience
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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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" 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 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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" In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. "
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" There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. "
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" You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred. "
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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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" Nostalgia often leads to idle speculation. "
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" I can afford to say what I wish. "
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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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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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" You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. "
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" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. "
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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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" Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses. "
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" The employer generally gets the employees he deserves. "
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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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" My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing. "
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" The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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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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" I've never been one to bet on the weather. "
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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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" Five wives can't all be wrong. "
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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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" There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. "
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" The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. "
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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 vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. "
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" If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. "
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