T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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It's hard for me to talk about Dom right now because I am Dom right now. So it's a really strange exercise to try to reflect on something that I am at the moment. But I guarantee you that when I'm done with the movie and you ask me that question, I'll be able to give you something insightful.
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I love cycling.
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The only person I'd cry if I met would be Beyonce.
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My role models are people who can do things; I say to myself, 'I wish I could do that.'
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There was definitely a time where I did not believe in the Lord. I needed to understand the love of God.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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He also didn't like a lock of my hair and said that he couldn't get into the moment without the hair being just right. I quietly knew that he was anxious and that the hairdo wasn't the real issue. But we all let it go and came back to the scene sometime later.
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This whole beauty thing is something I've never comprehended.
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You win as a team, you lose as a team, you also do so many things together.
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From my experience in working with bureaucrats and politicians, if you are a credible business group, they will definitely help you. At the end of the day, they, too, want development of their constituency, state or country.
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My first manager, Suzanne DeWalt, saw a play I was in. She was invited by the director Joan Scheckel, who was my first real acting teacher. Joan was also good friends with my friend Susie Landau Finch, who had first encouraged me to consider acting, so that's how I began studying.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I don't like people who get into fights about football - or anything else.
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It isn't glamorous until after the film is finished, and you are at the premiere and getting your picture on the cover of magazines.
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The truth is, I'm not body confident.
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I was about ten when I first got laughs playing Fagin in 'Oliver' at junior school in Offerton. It was the best feeling in the world, and I didn't want it to end.
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Conspicuous by his absence.
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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I have to remind myself constantly that people actually want to hear the music I've made; that's hard for me to digest. I think a live audience is the only tangible evidence you can have that your work is making an impact. It's really humbling.
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It is not a coincidence that Fusion middleware and applications have the same name. We knew what we needed it to be.
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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours and make sure that they are not the same hours.
