T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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People think that celebs make a lot more money than we do. We look for bargains and we do a lot of stuff on our own.
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Dinner is often a stew of beans or legumes, which are awesome for dieting; they give you that meaty satisfaction and both are excellent with whole grain rice or bread.
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I think where we're still a little bit behind some other countries is just our pure soccer knowledge and our savvy on the field. That takes time and generations that have watched soccer growing up, played the game growing up.
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I started at the top and worked my way down.
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V-necks are great because you can get a little fat and you still look kind of good - and I like to get fat sometimes, so it's nice. I like to fluctuate between the world of skinny and fat, so V-necks suit me well.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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The lesson of 'CSI' is: No matter what horrible things happen, nice policemen will turn up and fix everything and return it to the status quo.
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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The Ferrari is a beautiful car. It's great.
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I don't play anymore, because I know I'm not going to be a pro golfer. So there's no reason to golf.
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If I could be more vague I'd write more about people in my life, but I hate hurting feelings or making people feel uncomfortable. I've done that before. Unless they're sad songs. Those get finished fast, but the mean ones often end up at the back of the bottom drawer and it's probably for the best.
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Isn't privacy about keeping taboos in their place?
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What I always loved about theater is that that's an experience that a company of actors just sinks itself into for weeks, and you really get to work on the material, and by the time you're in front of an audience, you really own it.
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Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
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Theology made no provision for evolution. The biblical authors had missed the most important revelation of all! Could it be that they were not really privy to the thoughts of God?
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But what I really like are old Hollywood movies. Very often I watch AMC.
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I don't want to go slumming in somebody else's pain just to write a book. I want to go into those darker places to shine a light on that experience and come out with a story that validates the human spirit.
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For all its problems, I found South Africa a beautiful country, interesting and inspiring.
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I was definitely surrounded by music and fashion at a very, very young age.
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Now, Spitzer was an anti-crime crusader cracking down on prostitution and Wall Street corruption. So some people were looking to take him down.
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There's so much there, there's so much to heal for.
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As lower-cost phones begin to penetrate, they'll become the educator and physician everywhere on the planet.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
