"Some people find oil. Others don't."

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J. Paul Getty

#Oil Quotes #People Quotes

“I do not know what it was about that boy but just looking at him, even I wanted to clout him on the head. It was a head that invited violence.”
“Don't mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs.”
“there is still an overwhelming social compulsion-an insanity of consensus, if you will-to get rich from life rather than live richly, to “do well” in the world instead of living well.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.16, Ballantine Books
“Hemingway hated me. I sold 200 million books, and he didn't. Of course most of mine sold for 25 cents, but still... you look at all this stuff with a grain of salt.”

Source : Interview with Michael Carlson, "Crime Time", 2001.
“There's one word that describes baseball - You never know.”
“It will be a pity if women in the more conventional mould are to be phased out, for there will never be anyone to go home to.”
“Decision-making when things show up instead of when they blow up is actually a habit that can be developed and enhanced. The trick is to get used the clean feeling of having decided, instead of sitting on a fence.”
“Good marketers tell a story.”

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