T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.
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The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I am big believer that increase the size of the cake is as at least as important as distribution of the cake. To increase the size of the cake, you need to focus on progress.
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I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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The Milky Way is nothing else but a mass of innumerable stars planted together in clusters.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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You don't drown by falling into water. You only drown if you stay there.
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Growing up, I was into 'Power Rangers.'
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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The BAFTAs give the British point of view, and the Oscars give the American point of view, but the truth is we're all working in an international industry.
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Americans should never believe, even incorrectly, that one's criminal activity will go unpunished simply because it was committed on behalf of a corporation.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.
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Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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The IRS targeting certain groups for harassment because of their politics would be unfair. If we found out the NSA was keeping special tabs on everyone who worshiped at a mosque or took a Bible trip through the Middle East, you'd have an uprising.
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The fact that one can lose one's sense of self in an ocean of tranquility does not mean that one's consciousness is immaterial or that it presided over the birth of the universe.
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I'm playing a very strong character, it's the story of the woman Polish Jews out of the Warsaw ghetto. I've just begun my weapons training and the SAS type training that's getting me fit.
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There isn't much discussion of ruling class in America even in Boston, probably one of the most class-conscious cities in the country?
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We now have the largest surplus in history, ... As we commit ourselves to finding ways to secure our retirement programs, we also commit ourselves to bringing fairness to the tax code.
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CEOs are worried they're going to get fired any minute. They're worried about their portfolios.
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We complain and complain, but we have lived and seen the blossom -apple, pear, cherry, plum, almond blossom - in the sun; and the best among us cannot pretend they deserve - or could contrive - anything better.
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In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us.
