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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You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.
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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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Read not Milton, for he is dry; nor Shakespeare, for he wrote of common life.
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We no longer live in a world that is neatly divided between rich and well-educated countries, and poor and badly-educated ones.
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There are as many different ways to write a novel as there are varieties of human consciousness, so I am totally delighted if people want to use words that come from genres to describe how this book functions because those words are accurate.
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Before a vision (dream) can become a reality, it must be owned by every member of the group.
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There never was a tonic that would cure more social ailments than a healthy, happy home. There never was a greater source of social stability than an affectionate and understanding family. There never was a better way of helping children to happiness than the close confidence of wise and loving and responsible parents.
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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.
