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Given the current state of our finances, we could sure use a quarter of a trillion dollars a year recycling through the U.S. economy rather than through the economies of Iran, Russia, and Venezuela.
T. Boone Pickens
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T. Boone Pickens
Age: 91 †
Born: 1928
Born: May 22
Died: 2019
Died: September 11
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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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Keep things informal. Talking is the natural way to do business. Writing is great for keeping records and putting down details, but talk generates ideas. Great things come from out luncheon meetings which consist of a sandwich, a cup of soup, and a good idea or two. No martinis.
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Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.
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If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
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I never did anything dishonest.
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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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A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!
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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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