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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Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
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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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What America needs is not just another politician or more promises. What America needs is a revival.
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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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All my graduation money went to paying for bartending classes so I could have a side gig. I bartended for two months before I was supposed to move to New York and then two months later I got the job as an understudy in 'Sister Act' and haven't looked back since.
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Zionist Israel's occupation of Arab Palestine has forced the Arab world to waste billions of precious dollars on armaments, making it impossible for these newly independent Arab nations to concentrate on strengthening the economies of their countries and elevate the living standard of their people.
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If you are an Arabic-speaking, Greek-Orthodox going to a French school it makes you deeply sceptical if you have to listen to three different accounts of the Crusades - one from the Muslim side, one from the Greek side and one from the Catholic side.
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This claustrophobia was the only weakness I had. It's not my fault. It's just in my mind.
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It's quite complicated and sounds circular, but we've worked out a way of calculate a Web site's importance.
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I don't need any more money.
