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J. Paul Getty


American
December 15, 1892
Businessman
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My yachts were, I suppose, outstanding status symbols.


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How does one measure the success of a museum?


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The employer generally gets the employees he deserves.


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I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.


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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.


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I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.


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There are heads of royal families who control hereditary fortunes that defy comprehension.


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The rich are not born sceptical or cynical. They are made that way by events, circumstances.


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What I learned at Oxford has been used to great advantage throughout my business career.


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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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The Roaring Twenties were the period of that Great American Prosperity which was built on shaky foundations.
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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 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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