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" There is no free market for oil. "

T. Boone Pickens

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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 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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" On a scale from 1-10, my ambition is probably 11 or 12. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" I fracked over 3,000 wells in my life and never had a problem with an aquifer. "

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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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" 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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" 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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" We're going to have shortages and prices are going to go up. Gasoline is going to be extremely tight for us. "

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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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