J. Paul Getty Quotes

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

J. Paul Getty

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I've often thought having a politician for a parent must be like having a constantly embarrassing uncle.

Johann Lamont

ThoughtParentUncleMustPolitician

I'm fortunate in having journalism as a sideline to pay the bills, and I essentially do it in order to take as long as I want with books.

John Lanchester

LongJournalismWantPayTakeBills

Some day, someone will do something wrong and there will be a scandal to report in the paper. When that happens, we will address it honestly and openly and try to deal with it as quickly and as fairly as we can, and keep moving the city forward.

John Hickenlooper

DayCityMovingForwardSomeoneTry

In this room we're all here together, but there's probably a lot of different views, people sitting here thinking, I don't own any slaves, all the slaves are dead. Why am I responsible? My family were immigrants, too.

Johnnie Cochran

FamilyTogetherPeopleThinkingWhy

Sadly, I have disappointed the surveillance capitalists myself by not yet downloading 'Pokemon Go.' But I'm addicted to my phone enough as it is, and I don't necessarily need that helping hand.

Riz Ahmed

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There would probably be less of a frenzy among the French public.

Michel Patini

WouldFrenchPublicLessFrenzy

When I was growing up, I always thought my hair was messy.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Growing UpHairThoughtGrowingUp

I'd like to find someone to procreate with - as sexy as that sounds. If you're out and about and fit the description, come up and say hi. I won't bite. Well, maybe a little, if you're lucky.

Chloe Sevigny

SexySomeoneYouFindSayLucky

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Colman McCarthy

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As long as you're in an environment where the worth of the project isn't based on the project but what its predecessors did, it's not truly inclusive.

Ava DuVernay

EnvironmentLongWorthYouProject

While more people are working later in life because of happy things like longer life expectancy, they are also doing so because of very sad things, like a lack of Social Security benefits or retirement plans.

Alissa Quart

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To be happy, we must be true to nature and carry our age along with us.

William Hazlitt

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