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" The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth. "
T. Boone Pickens
American
Energy
People
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" To me, emails are a little bit frustrating. I think that the telephone is much preferred because you get the sound of the voice and the interest and everything else you can't see in an email. "
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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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" The cheapest natural gas in the world is in the United States. "
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World
" Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all. "
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" I don't think for a minute we went to Iraq for oil. It just so happened that it had oil. But I think we'll come out of the Iraqi situation with a call on their oil at market price. "
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" In the history of America, we've never had an energy plan. We don't even realize the resources we have available to us. "
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" 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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" 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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" I have always believed that it's important to show a new look periodically. Predictability can lead to failure. "
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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. "
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" You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level. "
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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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" 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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