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"To come across as younger than they are: Women buy creams that promise to slow aging, men buy fast cars."

"Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance."

"No woman should ever be quite accurate about her age. It looks so calculating."
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"But that's not enough: To maintain energy security, one needs a supply system that provides a buffer against shocks. It needs large, flexible markets. And it's important to acknowledge the fact that the entire energy supply chain needs to be protected."

"The starting point for energy security today as it has always been is diversification of supplies and sources."

"The North Sea was supposed to run out in the 1980s. Then in the 1990s. And now production is still on-line."

"First, we have to find a common vocabulary for energy security. This notion has a radically different meaning for different people. For Americans it is a geopolitical question. For the Europeans right now it is very much focused on the dependence on imported natural gas."

"If a war started, the oil price probably would go up, as you said, maybe $5, $6 a barrel until you saw other oil from the extra supplies that are available elsewhere coming into the world, into the market."

"So the major obstacle to the development of new supplies is not geology but what happens above ground: international affairs, politics, investment and technology."

"I think the producers, for the most part, don't want to see prices skyrocket because that will only create problems for them down the road and would also be a, you know, would be a very serious shock for a world economy that can't afford serious shocks right now."

"We are living in a different world now. You can see it everywhere in international relations: It was noteworthy that, after his visit to Washington, the Chinese president's next stop was Saudi Arabia."

"People always underestimate the impact of technology. To give you an example: In the 1970s the frontier for offshore development was 200 meters, today it is 4,000 meters."
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