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Jean Paul Getty (December 15, 1892-June 6, 1976) was an American industrialist and founder of the Getty Oil Company

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Money is like manure. You have to spread it around or it smells.

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In times of rapid change, experience could be your worst enemy.

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If you can actually count your money, then you're not a rich man.

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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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The individual who wants to reach the top in business must appreciate the might of the force of habit and must understand that practices are what create habits. 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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My father said: You must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Let the other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation for always making all the money, you won't have many deals.

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Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still

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Going to work for a large company is like getting on a train. Are you going sixty miles an hour or is the train going sixty miles an hour and you're just sitting still?

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I buy when other people are selling.

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If you can actually count your money you are not really a rich man.

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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.

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If you look after the pennies, the dollars will look after themselves.

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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or "get rich" in business by being a conformist.

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No one can possibly achieve any real and lasting success or get rich in business by being a conformist.

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The meek shall inherit the Earth, but not its mineral rights.

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There are always opportunities through which businessmen can profit handsomely if they will only recognize and seize them.

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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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