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A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure.
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
Jay Paul Getty
Jean Paul Getty
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I'd rather have 1% of the effort of 100 men than 100% of my own effort.
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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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In my opinion, an individual without any love of the arts cannot be considered completely civilized.
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Age doesn't matter, unless you are cheese.
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The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might and force of habit. He must be quick to break those habits that can break him-and hasten to adopt those practices that will become the habits that help him achieve the success he desires.
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If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil.
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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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Getting results through people is a skill that cannot be learned in the classroom.
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Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.
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I have no complex about wealth. I have worked very hard for my money producing things people need.
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Men of means look at making money as a game which they love to play.
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If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves.
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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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