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" The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations. "
J. Paul Getty
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" I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue. "
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" My wealth is not a subject I relish discussing. "
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" If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man. "
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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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" In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy. "
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" I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist. "
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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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" The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights. "
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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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" 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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" If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. "
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" You cannot further the Brotherhood of Man by encouraging class hatred. "
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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 am - and have always been - a Methodist. "
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" There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension. "
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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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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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" The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances. "
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" Rhetoric and dialectics can't change what I have learned from observation and experience. "
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" I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily. "
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" I buy when other people are selling. "
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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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" Five wives can't all be wrong. "
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" You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. "
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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 have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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" My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols. "
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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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" 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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" I can afford to say what I wish. "
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