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T. Boone Pickens Quotes: Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.
         

Chief executives, who themselves own few shares of their companies, have no more feeling for the average stockholder than they do for baboons in Africa.


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A Fool with a Plan is better off than a Genius without a Plan!



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Try everything. Do everything. Nuclear. Biomass. Coal. Solar. You name it. I support them all.



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Work eight hours and sleep eight hours, and make sure that they are not the same eight hours.



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You want to compete, and you want to compete at the highest level.



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



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Work hard. Come early, stay late. That's the way leadership has to approach it.





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