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" I was very fortunate in my gene mix. The gambling instincts I inherited from my father were matched by my mother's gift for analysis. "
T. Boone Pickens
Mother
Analysis
Gift
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" It has become cheaper to look for oil on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange than in the ground. "
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Ground
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" There's no question that tar sands in Canada are probably the largest source of oil available to the U.S. over a long period of time. There's as much oil in the tar sands probably as there is in Saudi Arabia. The problem is, there's a huge capital requirement to develop that. "
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" There is no free market for oil. "
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" I don't go cheap on anything, but I'm not a shopper. If I want something, I look at it, decide what it is, but it will usually be the best product. I've got a pair of loafers that I still wear that I got in 1957. "
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Will
" When you look at a commodities market you need hedgers and speculators. If you don't have one, you don't have a market. That's how it works. "
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" I don't believe in a price on carbon, because the government is going to control it and they're going to fail. "
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Price
Believe
Control
" I'm focused on energy only. And I know what I'm talking about. And I don't want to be distracted on other things. "
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Talking
Energy
Know
" I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat. "
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Family
Want
" Big Oil is a club, and they'll do everything to keep me out. "
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Everything
Oil
Keep
" The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth. "
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American
Energy
People
" I've been married over 50 years of my life. "
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Over
Years
My Life
" Natural gas is better distributed than any other fuel in the United States. It's down every street and up every alley. There's a pipeline. "
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Street
Up
Down
" You give the money where you want it. "
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Money
You
Where
" I always saw myself as a large stockholder trying to make a difference. I wasn't raiding anybody. "
T. Boone Pickens
Myself
Trying
Large
" Far too many executives have become more concerned with the 'four P's' - pay, perks, power and prestige - rather than making profits for shareholders. "
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Four
Far
Become
" The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. "
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Environmental
Gas
World
" If you don't have a refinery operating, it's hard to use oil that's available. "
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Use
Refinery
You
" Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa. "
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Average
Feeling
Africa
" You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level. "
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Want
You
Compete
" I don't like stock buybacks. I think if a company has the money to buy their stock back, then they should take that and increase the dividends. Send it back to the stockholder. Let them invest their money again from the dividends. "
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Like
Money
Think
" Natural gas is the best transportation fuel. It's better than gasoline or diesel. It's cleaner, it's cheaper, and it's domestic. Natural gas is 97 percent domestic fuel, North America. "
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Better
Transportation
America
" I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer. "
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Had
Problem
Life
" I don't need any more money. "
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Any
Need
More
" I don't care whether you use natural gas, ethanol, the battery. You can use anything, just so it's American. "
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You
American
Anything
" Fundamentals make the market. "
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Market
Fundamentals
Make
" I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. "
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More
Patience
Than
" I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
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Important
New
Look
" I say, you work eight hours, and you sleep eight hours - be sure they're not the same eight hours. "
T. Boone Pickens
Work
Sleep
Say
" I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
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Failure
Look
New
" Natural gas is a better transportation fuel than gasoline, so if that's the case, it's cheaper, it's cleaner and it's a domestic resource. "
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Transportation
Environmental
Better