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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I like being 35, I like having a bit of money to spend on music and useless gadgets. The net is providing new ways to communicate and cooperate that just didn't exist in the 80s.
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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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The more you can dream, the more you can do.
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A great many things determine how people live, and money is not at the top of the list. Choices are always available. What you choose will depend on how you see things: yourself, your work, your right to express taste and desire and personality, your understanding of the love of God as expressed in His creation and order and harmony.
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Vulnerability is the strongest state to be in. How boring would it be if we were constantly dominant or constantly submissive?
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Indeed, we must foster cost-saving competition. And that means joining the marketplace of other industrialized countries - not just for the manufacturers who sell drugs, but for consumers as well.
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There's no question that a lot of Americans on both the right and the left are expressing some fears and frustrations about the dislocations brought on by globalisation. Many of those frustrations are legitimate and they need to be addressed.
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I don't need any more money.
