T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
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Sometimes I think people get into trouble because they can't say what they want to.
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I was too much of an innocent when I went to university.
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Kuwait City is not gorgeous, actually, but it's got a kind of Epcot Center thing going for it. It's not pretty. But it's striking, I'll give it that. It's not as over-the-top as Abu Dhabi or Dubai. But nearly.
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All my life, the naysayers have told me that I can't win because I'm a progressive... because I'm a woman... even because I'm a lesbian.
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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I've met people who didn't even know there was a Calvin Klein; they thought it was just the name of a product.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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Only when your consciousness is totally focused on the moment you are in can you receive whatever gift, lesson, or delight that moment has to offer.
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I like to discover new things.
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If I had the opportunity to buy the latest movie that's out that month and watch it on the comfort of my big screen TV, I would pay for that.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
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From the spinners, Anil and I have been together for a long time and I respect him a lot.
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I began the process of recording myself seriously in the fall of 1999. If I could finish an album of my own music, I would. Five years later I am happy to say I have.
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We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
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You never want to have that ticking clock and know that you had all this time and didn't use it.
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There is a communion of more than our bodies when bread is broken and wine drunk.
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I actually don't think there is any difference between French and American cuisine. French cuisine was always about discipline, about ingredient, about creativity, but also about simple. I see America as very similar in these rights.
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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.
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When I listen to a record, or when I'm making a record, I listen to everything. I listen to the drums, the bass, the voice, the arrangement. I listen to the whole piece as an ensemble.
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In my lifetime, I want to see humanity start being conscious of our waste, the things we buy, and how we can reuse and recycle things. I want people to live harmoniously with our planet. I hope everybody wakes up and appreciates life.
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Do you not think that if all of us come to believe in and abide by these principles, that is, monotheism, worship of God, justice, respect for the dignity of man, belief in the Last Day, we can overcome the present problems of the world
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
