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I was born into wealth and there was nothing I could do about it. It was there like food or air.

David Rockefeller

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David Rockefeller
Age: 101 †
Born: 1915
Born: June 12
Died: 2017
Died: March 20
Art Collector
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New York City
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Wealth

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Whatever the price of the Chinese Revolution, it has obviously succeeded not only in producing more efficient and dedicated administration, but also in fostering high morale and community of purpose. The social experiment in China under Chairman Mao's leadership is one of the most important and successful in human history.
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The Japanese have a wonderful sense of design and a refinement in their art. They try to produce beautiful paintings with the minimum number of strokes.
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I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of enjoyment.
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This present window of opportunity, during which a truly peaceful and interdependent world order might be built, will not be open for too long - We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order.
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It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.
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As children we recognized that we belonged to an unusual, even exceptional, family, but the effect was different on each of us.
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The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.
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I do not like to be unkind.
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If necessity is the mother of invention, discontent is the father of progress.
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Father was the eldest son and the heir apparent, and he set the standard for being a Rockefeller very high, so every achievement was taken for granted and perfection was the norm.
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You know, gentlemen, that I do not owe any personal income tax. But nevertheless, I send a small check, now and then, to the Internal Revenue Service out of the kindness of my heart.
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Successful charitable fund-raising has much in common with managing a business: It requires leadership, persistence, and creativity.
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Courting Peggy McGrath provided me with a very pleasant diversion and eventually with the most important relationship of my life.
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