T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
I don't think for a minute we went to Iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. But I think we'll come out of the Iraqi situation with a call on their oil at market price.
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Many people focus on my power and talk about my power, but I have many more qualities in the ring. I like to surprise everyone.
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I was thinking about the women of Pakistan, those who are not allowed to get education, those who are not allowed to do whatever they want to do in their life. I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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I went to Briar Cliff College initially, and then I transferred to Georgetown University, because I was a Russian major, and I was one of two girls accepted that year. This was September 1969 - well, that would have been 1970 - into the School Of Languages And Linguistics in Georgetown.
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The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq.
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I've had five weddings but if I'm really honest and if I count significant de factos... I've had nine husbands... which sounds appalling but when you consider I started at 18 and I'm 65 it's not so bad.
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Whenever you do a new interpretation of a great, previous text of any kind, you always look for some kind of immediate significance right now.
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When I was a child, I used to paint intently. The older I become, and the closer death approaches, the brighter my life gets day by day.
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If you don't get killed, it's a lucky day for anybody.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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It's hard for me to even watch comedies I'm in.
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Your true nature doesn't come out. So the gods let you do what you want because free will would be compromised if they showed up at the White House saying, 'Take us to your leader.'
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When you reach 50, what you care about is being honest, being accurate, and being an example.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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I don't like it when a woman looks like a fashion victim.
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All I did was ask for rights. I didn't attack anyone. I didn't harass anyone. I didn't oppose the system or the country or the authority. All I said is, 'Why can't I drive?'
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We are currently working on new policies to protect and create American jobs, particularly by improving education. We need more information in order to find the best solutions to this increasing concern for American families.
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By a lie, a man... annihilates his dignity as a man.
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The refined punishments of the spiritual mode are usually much more indecent and dangerous than a good smack.
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That's what the sari is about. Everything is covered, yet a peep of an ankle can be a turn on for men.
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I'll tell you God's truth: I think that this script that Neil has written - 'Odd Couple Two,' I think, is superior to the original one - to the first one.
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I was a big fan of Middle Eastern elements of music and experimental electronic and tribal sounds.
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I don't think for a minute we went to Iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. But I think we'll come out of the Iraqi situation with a call on their oil at market price.
