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" When you're in a crisis, there's really no playbook. "

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" I love nuclear. "

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

" Effectiveness comes from those qualitative things that give you the ability to network, communicate, and lead people toward an outcome they can't see. "

" It was exciting putting hundreds of millions of dollars to work buying and building wind farms in Texas. "

" The closing of ash basins is really part of decommissioning a coal plant. "

" We should be building more nuclear today. "

" I don't believe you can absolutely have it all. "

" I hope nuclear becomes a part of the conversation, at the right time when we recognize the importance of that resource. I hope we can work that out as a country and figure out how we are going to put nuclear in the mix. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Our highest priorities are safe operations and the well-being of the people and communities we serve. "

" It's important to keep your long term perspective and communicate well both externally and internally. "

" I am honored to be named chairman of Duke Energy's board and privileged to lead our company forward for our customers, employees, and shareholders. "

" You're well-spoken, or you're very analytical, or you're a great team-builder, or you're great with relationships... Playing to your strengths is always something good to build on because you're trying to develop a foundation to keep growing, as a professional and as a leader. "

" 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. "

" Reliable and competitively priced electricity is fundamental to growing our economy and creating jobs. Our customers expect nothing less. "

" For 2015, Duke Energy's employees safety record received the top rank among large utilities as recognize by EEI. "

" 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. "

" Anytime we make additional investment in a coal plant, we are really challenging whether that investment is economic. "

" As we continue to move to a lower-carbon future, we will also continue to work constructively with states to identify customer solutions that preserve the reliability and affordability that our communities expect. "

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

" I think we'll still be operating coal in 2030. Whether we will be in 2040, I think, is a question, or in 2050. "

" Fracking has been a real technological change that has caused great innovation in our business, and we've had the benefit of very low gas prices for our customers as a result of that. "

" I become the face of the company, and that's a responsibility. "

" 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. "

" You move an organization when they understand where you want them to go. "

" I believe that nuclear needs to be a part of the solution if the U.S. really wants to be aggressive about reducing carbon. "