T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
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Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.
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I'm an actor; I want to play roles, not a role.
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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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Anything that's given to you can be taken away from you at any time.
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The reason I don't carry a mobile phone is I don't want people to know where I am!
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We're really going after truly creating sustainability of a disease-free state, creating a complete system for managing cancer patients for life, so that you can manage from onset of disease all the way through.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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You want to know why there's a Texas Rangers? Well, here's the answer. You know how the six-gun came around? Well, here's the answer. You want to know why Mexicans allowed Americans to settle Texas in the first place? It was fear of Comanches.
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Mehlis will go all the way and we want to go all the way. These arrests show that no matter how high the perpetrators are, they will face the consequences of what they did.
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Federal prosecutors want to indict Julian Assange for making public a great many classified documents.
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A book is a gift you can open again and again.
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I'm sensitive, you know, about some things, and as some of my partners could attest to, incredibly insensitive.
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When there's an authentic mystery, as opposed to just a question being asked, that's what makes you lean forward.
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You can never lose anything that really belongs to you, and you can't keep that which belongs to someone else.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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I bake a chocolate cake from scratch every week.
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History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.
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The European Union is here to stay.
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One of the most important things I'm glad we did and am proud of is that we don't have any real grass on our property. It might not be realistic to ask people to pull out their grass, but we'll never have to think about it. We used Smart Grass, and I think it looks beautiful.
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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.
