T. Boone Pickens (Thomas Boone Pickens Jr.) Quotes
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Inflicting emotional distress has typically been treated as a civil action. How 'substantial' does the distress have to be for it to turn criminal?
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Music was a big outlet for me. Being able to play an instrument and sing was definitely a good way for me to escape things I was dealing with: family issues, growing up, being a kid and not knowing what I wanted to do with my life.
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I wanted to be a director and producer and writer, but in the early '40's the union wouldn't let you get through the gates. You couldn't get on a crew, or even learn to direct.
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Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away.
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We are well aware of the task ahead of us in what will be a very difficult match but which we all dream of playing.
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The more time passes in your life, I think the greater you understand perspective. So I'm happy that I've had experiences that have reminded me that most exciting things might not feel so exciting later, and the most disappointing things might not be so disappointing later, either.
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I know that I came into the world with what I call 'big dharma' - with a blueprint to teach self-reliance and a positive loving approach to large numbers of people all over the globe. I am ever so grateful for the circumstances of my life that allowed me to be pretty much left alone and to develop as I was so intended in this incarnation.
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But what is more, if we have succeeded in adding to the basic understanding of our universe and ourselves, we will have made a contribution to the totality of human culture.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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It was my very good fortune to find a mentor, Clay Felker, who started my career at the 'New York Magazine' as a freelance writer when I had to quit my job at the 'Herald Tribune' to stay home with my young daughter.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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I went to a military school between the ages of six and 12 and later into the air force. You learn discipline and strength of character.
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For skincare, I'm a Clean and Clear girl. Especially with the humidity in Georgia, Clean and Clear has been pretty good to me with all of the makeup we have to wear. My skin really responds to that product. I'm also a big fan of Kiehl's under-eye avocado cream.
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A museum should not just be a place for fancy paintings but should be a place where we can communicate our lives through our everyday objects.
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I also didn't consider myself a huge baby person.
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Environmental concern is a phenomena that tends to rise in a nation after a certain level of wealth.
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It wasn't a class system where I was the better guy and he was the second-rate guy. That was his role and my role was to play the solos. But he took great pride in his technique as a rhythm guitarist.
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A brief short story may require only a few paragraphs after the climax. On the other hand, in his massive novel 'The World According to Garp,' John Irving's denouement consisted of 10 separate sections, each devoted to an individual character's fate and each almost a story in itself.
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Drinking when not thirsty and making love all the time, madam, is all that distinguishes us from other animals.
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My faith is everything.
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If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him.
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I've got an opinion on everything.
