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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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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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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We are all life trying to live, among other life trying to live.
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It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese.
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I never set out to do this; I never set out to say, 'Can I break this record?' Then all of a sudden, the preparations made for the celebration put pressure on me. I said, 'Okay, I have to get there.' After 2,130, there was sort of a realization it was a foregone conclusion you're going to play tomorrow.
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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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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.
