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" Always play to your strengths, whether your strengths are gender-based or just natural aptitude. "

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" I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility. "

" We are setting a new standard for coal ash management and implementing smart, sustainable solutions for all of our ash basins. "

" If you feel like there is going to be an emotional reaction that won't be helpful to resolve the situation, anger or other things, disarm the situation in some way, and you can use different techniques to do that. "

" I get energized around a plan - what's it going to be like in three months? Six months? You're not going to let it defeat you. You got to keep going. "

" If you can, anticipate that life is going to be full of detours. "

" There is growing demand for renewable energy. "

Renewable Energy

" There's nothing about Lynn Good at age 30 or age 35 that would have said, 'I am setting my sights on being a CEO.' "

" We don't believe carbon capture is a proven, scalable, commercially available technology. "

" When I was growing up, we had a widow living next door to us. So the habit was that if we went to the grocery store, we called her first. If we cut our yard, we cut her yard, no questions asked. "

" As we continue to move to a lower-carbon future, we will also continue to work constructively with states to identify customer solutions that preserve the reliability and affordability that our communities expect. "

" I am deeply honored by the trust the board has placed in me to lead Duke Energy. I have a high degree of confidence in the strength of our company's leadership and dedicated employees. "

" On two occasions, utility executives I'd never met had looked at me and said, 'I thought you'd be bigger!' In a way, I took that as a compliment! "

" The enthusiasm around carbon capture and sequestration was probably greater before the shale-gas discovery and the low prices were so prevalent. "

" Our customers are at the center of everything we do. "

" We are accountable for what happened at Dan River and have learned from this event. "

" If we just isolate distributed solar all by itself, it does not work without the utility around it. And so the utility needs to be paid for the services it provides. "

" The regulations keep on coming. And we are trying to make decisions that we will be happy with for decades. "

" Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate, and lead people toward an outcome they can't see. "

" Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic. "

" It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally. "

" Nuclear is an important part of the heritage of Duke. We operate the largest regulated nuclear fleet in the U.S. We love the diversity of the generation. "

" More than 40 percent of the electricity we generated in the Carolinas in 2015 was from carbon-free sources. "

" As you think about developing people through their careers, you're looking for that transition from being the smartest person in the room - and caring so much about that - to being the most effective. "

" We should be building more nuclear today. "

" When you are in a situation or a crisis, you need to define, what is the unique role that I can play? "

" Through Duke Energy's strong balance sheet and electric generation expertise, and Piedmont's understanding of natural gas markets and proficient operations, the combined company will be well-positioned for a future that may require additional natural gas infrastructure and services to meet the needs of our customers. "

" You were in the midst of a chaotic, unfair, didn't-know-how-it-was-going-to-end story, and the only thing you could do was... keep moving. "

" I am honored to be named chairman of Duke Energy's board and privileged to lead our company forward for our customers, employees, and shareholders. "

" People who love what they do get after it every day. "

" 2013 was a year of great accomplishment for Duke: our first full year as a combined company. "