T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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I love being a part of country music. I love going out and... doing things for the first time for country music. I always enjoy that.
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All truly historical peoples have an idea they must realize, and when they have sufficiently exploited it at home, they export it, in a certain way, by war; they make it tour the world.
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There is nothing more exciting in sport when the top two countries in the world are battling for the Ashes.
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What our children have to fear is not the cars on the highways of tomorrow but our own pleasure in calculating the most elegant parameters of their deaths.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I'd want to collaborate with Eminem, of all people. Maybe even Lauryn Hill.
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I can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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Great advice comes from people that have been around a lot longer than you.
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The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself.
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Take pride in your work at all times. Remember, respect for an umpire is created off the field as well as on.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
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I feel completely fortunate to have this outlet for something I don't really feel like I have a choice in, to make music. I've got to make it.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I can tell more about my weaknesses than my strengths.
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The great thing about albums is it gives you a lot of choices, and we can all say that the album business is dead, but watch Taylor Swift. I don't think it's dead. I just think we've got to hit on the energies that make people want to collect albums.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I have very fond memories of the '80s; they were very formative years for me. I certainly remember the Cold War. It was a closer doorstep for the Brits than the Americans, so it was a very real and palpable threat at the time.
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Nothing is sadder than love left unheard.
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Lower taxes will stimulate your own personal economy by leaving more money in your pocket to do what you want - invest, save, spend, buy a bigger house, a nicer car, and give to charity. And lower taxes also lead to more money for the government to use on those things they've promised you. It's a win-win for everyone.
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If we're going to spend a lot of money to deal with the problem of 200 million guns in the country owned by 65 million gun owners, we ought to have a system which will work and catch criminals.
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Don't get the idea that I've turned green. My business is making money, and I think this is going to make a lot of money.
