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Quote by J. Paul Getty

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

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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

“COMMITMENT is the first step to every good thing I know, and the only step that matters when it comes to achievement. It inspires and attracts people, shows them you have conviction and goals, that you are focused and determined. And the commitment that is based on values will endure. Any time you make choices based on solid life values, you are in a better position to sustain your level of commitment, because you don't have to continually re-evaluate its importance.”

“You can't really call yourself an environmentalist if you're still consuming animals. You just can't.”

Ifs Stills Animal Consuming Environmentalist

Author:James Cameron

“People who read are people who dream.”

People Dream

Author:Pablo Picasso

“It is exactly in the repetition of the exercises that the education of the senses exists; not that the child shall know colors, forms or qualities, but that he refine his senses through an exercise of attention, comparison and judgment.”

Knows Children Form Attention Quality Color Exercise Judgment Senses Comparison Repetition

Author:Maria Montessori

“Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.”

Source: House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East

“Songs are really just very interesting things to be doing with the air.”

Song Interesting Air Very Interesting Interesting Things

Author:Tom Waits

“Do not entertain the notion that you ought to advance in your prayer. If you do, you will only find you have put on the brake instead of the acceleration. All real progress in spiritual things comes gently, imperceptibly, and is the work of God. Our crude efforts spoil it. Know yourself for the childish, limited and dependent soul you are. Remember that the only growth which matters happens without our knowledge and that trying to stretch ourselves is both dangerous and silly. Think of the Infinite Goodness, never of your own state.”

“The world will try to tell you that you need stuff to be somebody. Don't listen”

World Needs Trying Stuff

Author:Dave Ramsey

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