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" Leaders play a unique role in periods of crisis and chaos. Because if you don't, you're not going to harness the power of all the people behind you. "

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" I went to work in accounting at Arthur Andersen. At one point, it was the creme de la creme. I wanted to work there because it looked like the hardest thing I could find, and I loved being on a steep learning curve. I progressed quickly, and two years out of college, I was managing a small team of people. "

" Our nation's power plant fleet must include a mix of solar, wind, hydro, natural gas and nuclear plants. "

" I think about trust and confidence as something that you earn every day, and we will keep at it, earning it every day. "

" If you keep an open mind, you can learn so much from the people around you. "

" If I were to share with you the number of attacks that come into the Duke network every day, you would be astounded. And it's not from people working out of their garage; it's from nation-states that are trying to penetrate systems. "

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

" I respect passionate views. "

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

" There are no coal plants on the drawing board for Duke, which leaves us with gas, renewables, and nuclear. "

" We should be building more nuclear today. "

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

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

" My father was a World War II Marine who became a high school principal. He always had a heart for students who maybe were underprivileged or had difficulty of some sort. "

" 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 love nuclear. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" Building new nuclear is something that is going to take a lot of commitment, not only from our company but from the communities we serve. It is a five-to-seven-year journey to build one, and they are expensive. "

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

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

" You see more women in the CFO ranks. It's an evolution. "

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

" I find, at times, people underestimate me. That's really an asset. "

" Over the long term, we should develop and implement new technologies to capture and store coal's carbon emissions. We also must make our electric grid more resilient. "

" At a certain career level, it's no longer about whether you are the smartest subject-matter expert in the room. "

" Leadership is a journey - you never arrive. "

" Natural gas is an important part of delivering energy, whether you're producing power or other solutions for customers. "

" I actually had someone say to me, 'Lynn, you're going to have very good days, and you're going to have very bad days. But It's rare that things are as good as they look, and it's rare that things are as bad as they seem.' So having perspective, and challenging perspective, is important to making good decisions. "

" An investor in Duke Energy is expecting a dividend payment. That's roughly 70 to 75 percent of the earnings I produce. The business that goes with that level of dividend is a business that has more predictability, more stability. "