T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
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One often learns more from ten days of agony than from ten years of contentment.
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Money is in some respects life's fire: it is a very excellent servant, but a terrible master.
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Making money is often more fun than spending it, though I personally have never regretted money I've spent on friends, new experiences, saving time, travel, and causes I believe in.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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For nearly two years, I was flying above the planet with my camera. I knew straight away that this was something important to do, just at this moment, a portrait of the planet for the millennium year. I worked in 80 countries, fighting for money all the time.
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Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.
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I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
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The resources of our continent attract, more than ever, the interests of rich countries.
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Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music.
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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
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I need to be very careful about going on certain networks that seem to have a bias.
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Even the superstars need to be coached once in awhile.
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The first money I have been offered was as District Officer Ba.
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I describe myself as a simple Buddhist monk. No more, no less.
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Some musical directors have more chutzpah. They pick up the phone and talk people into giving. I prefer to call and say 'thank you' after the money has been contributed.
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If you can count your money, you don't have a billion dollars.
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More than 200,000 kids have had their lives transformed by ARK. I use that word properly.
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We must do everything we can to be more aggressive in confronting Syria about what they are doing in Iraq.
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I'm so lucky that 'The Vampire Diaries' happened. I'm so lucky that Warner Bros. pays me money. You have no idea. I should be on a fishing boat with my dad.
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Also with that money comes the idea, "Let your imagination run wild." Which I think is a very dangerous thing. I think it's dangerous because you can get into pretty wacky territory. There are things that are too crazy.
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God employs several translators; some pieces are translated by age, some by sickness, some by war, some by justice.
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Who knows if this other half of life where we think we're awake is not another sleep a little different from the first.
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I think all of us, under certain circumstances, could be capable of some very despicable acts. And that's why, over the years, in my movies I've had characters who didn't care what people thought about them. We try to be as true to them as possible and maybe see part of ourselves in there that we may not like.
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I don't need any more money.
