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 really don't have a need to be on TV all that much, to be honest with you.
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You can look at everything from pre-Heisman to post-Heisman, and I think that's why it ranks up at the top, because before then, I didn't even think I was good enough to be a professional ballplayer.
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I do like arranging things. I like order. I basically like all these things that are the opposite of what people associate with the wild, passionate creative temperament.
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As an actor, I always like some tension, some distance, between me and the character I'm playing.
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Louis B. Mayer once looked at me and said, "You will never get the girl at the end." So I worked on my acting.
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I don't need any more money.
