T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.

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There was a report that used to come out back in those days, I don't know if it was the Gavin Report or something like that. And they said, no matter what McGuire comes out with next, we're not gonna play it.
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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 knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
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Never met Levinson. Ever. He directed those American Express spots for us for Seinfeld, and I was off on some guest spot that I didn't even want to do... and I got talked into doing it.
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You can't hate Britney Spears because, you know what, no matter what Britney Spears been doing, she's still on TV.
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I want to find a nice decent job as a helicopter pilot.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I think I'm developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word 'franchise.' I just think of something that's packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don't know. It's a really weird word for me.
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You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.
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Classic cable TV may have hit its peak, but it's still a huge force, and the streaming apps of many cable networks still require you to authenticate that you're a paying cable customer every time you want to use a new such TV app.
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I want to do everything in the world that can be done.
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A complainer is like a Death Eater because there's a suction of negative energy. You can catch a great attitude from great people.
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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.
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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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I want to make it clear that I honestly answered every question put to me during the so-called Iran-Contra hearings. But if they didn't ask me about something, I wasn't about to reveal things that would put other people in jeopardy.
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I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.
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Well, every time I get ready to do a job I want to lose weight.
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I think the great country songs mixed with some of that bluegrass instrumentation - and surrounding all that with a little bit of a rock vibe and energy - is the kind of music I make.
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Be the change that you want to see.
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Poetry always runs away from you - it's very difficult to grasp it, and every time you read it, depending on your conditions, you will have a different grasp of it. Whereas with a novel, once you have read it, you have grasped it.
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The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.
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We should try to understand our innermost needs. We shouldn't use irony to reduce their power.
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I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things.