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Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.

J. Paul Getty

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J. Paul Getty
Age: 83 †
Born: 1892
Born: December 15
Died: 1976
Died: January 1
Art Collector
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Entrepreneur
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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I find all this money a considerable burden.
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Oil is like a wild animal. Whoever captures it has it.
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Each [of my wives] was jealous and resentful of my preoccupation with business. Yet none showed any visible aversion to sharing in the proceeds.
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The beauty one can find in art is one of the pitifully few real and lasting products of human endeavour. The beauty endures. A work of art lives...through the generations and centuries.
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