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" 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. "
T. Boone Pickens
Talking
Energy
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" Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all. "
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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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" I've always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
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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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" 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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" I do believe that oil production globally has peaked at 85 million barrels. And I've been very vocal about it. And what happens? The demand continues to rise. The only way you can possibly kill demand is with price. So the price of oil, gasoline, has to go up to kill the demand. Otherwise, keep the price down, the demand rises. "
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" I think I have more patience now than I did in the past. "
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" I'm amused when Congress tries to place the blame on somebody but never themselves. I've never heard any of them ever say, 'I've made a mistake.' I do. I say I called it wrong. But they just try to find somebody to blame. "
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