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“Money is like manure, you don't have to spread it around, you can just sell it to Potash Corp as fertilizer.”

Quote by J. Paul Getty

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J. Paul Getty
J. Paul Getty

J. Paul Getty, an American industrialist, was born on December 15, 1892, and passed away on June 6, 1976. He was one of the wealthiest individuals in the world, renowned for building a vast empire in the oil and media industries. more

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