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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. "
J. Paul Getty
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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 love of fine art increased - the more of it I saw, the more of it I wanted to see. "
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" Jack Dempsey and I became friends in the very early 1920s. "
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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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" I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them. "
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" What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career. "
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" A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature. "
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" Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil. "
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" I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. "
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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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" In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people. "
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" If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars. "
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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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" You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift. "
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" My formula for success is rise early, work late, and strike oil. "
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" Nationalized industries are notorious for their inability to operate at a profit. "
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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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" The overwhelming majority of my rated wealth consists of investments in companies that produce goods and services. "
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" Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it. "
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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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" 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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" Five wives can't all be wrong. "
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