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How does one measure the success of a museum?

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Success

Measure

I've never been one to bet on the weather.

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Weather

I was brought up in an era when thrift was still considered a virtue.

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Virtue

I vehemently deny that I was born a cynic and a pessimist.

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Cynic

I have never been given to envy - save for the envy I feel toward those people who have the ability to make a marriage work and endure happily.

In Japan, I was immensely impressed by the politeness, industrious nature and conscientiousness of the Japanese people.

I was 37 when my father died-and I no longer had any freedom of choice over what I would do with the rest of my life.

I have absolutely no intention of marrying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

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Intention

I have always enjoyed the company of women and have formed deep and long-lasting friendships with many of them.

A hatred of failure has always been part of my nature.

A marriage contract to me is as binding as any in business, and I have always believed in sticking to an agreement.

Before marriage, many couples are very much like people rushing to catch an airplane; once aboard, they turn into passengers. They just sit there.

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Marriage

People

Control of a company does not carry with it the ability to control the price of its stock.

During the 1950s, Aristotle Onassis and I formed what grew to be a close friendship and association in several business ventures.

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Business

Friendship

Five wives can't all be wrong.

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Wives

Wrong