I don't think I'm a criminal, number one.
Kenneth Lay
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They can't do without electricity. They can do with less electricity.
Investors don't like uncertainty.
But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.
Today, there are also buyers and sellers of all these energy commodities, just like there are buyers and sellers of food commodities and many other commodities.
But I can't take responsibility for criminal conduct of somebody inside the company.
We've tried to get as much supply into California as we can.
Well, rates would go up whether you deregulate or not, and of course, the rates that are going up right now on the electricity side are still within the regulated framework.
But indeed a market like California is not good for Enron.
We see ourselves as first helping to open up markets to competition.
There are no accounting issues, no trading issues, no reserve issues, no previously unknown problem issues.
The transmission systems are still regulated.
We need someone who is a strong representative of our value system.
I take full responsibility for what happened at Enron. But saying that, I know in my mind that I did nothing criminal.
Any slots at the senior level, including CEO or other slots, will be filled internally.
Every market is in transition.
I have to take responsibility for anything that happened within its businesses.
Am I a fool? I don't think I'm a fool. But I think I sure was fooled.
We use competitive markets to arrange for delivery of our food supply.
We don't break the law.
Our liquidity is fine. As a matter of fact, it's better than fine. It's strong.
The problems in California have been that it's been very difficult to site and build new power plants.
You'd rather have a surplus versus a shortage in your position.
The last thing I would have ever expected to happen to me in my life would be that, in fact, I would be accused of doing something wrong and maybe even something criminal.
You'll have lower prices under deregulation than you will through regulation.
Jeff knew full well what he was walking away from. Again, he needed to deal with this right away.
When there's uncertainty they always think there's another shoe to fall. There is no other shoe to fall.
There are absolutely no problems that had anything to do with Jeff's departure.
But certainly I didn't know he was doing anything that was criminal.
In the case of Enron, we balance our positions all the time.
Trillions of dollars every day are being exchanged around the world in all of the financial markets.
I've been a strong financial and political supporter of, first, President Bush Sr. when he was running for president, and even when he ran for president a time or two and failed.
I mean, our primary businesses in wholesale pipelines, utilities, retail, were all doing extremely well.
I have faith in the market when we get the rules right.
Aggressive accounting does not mean illegal accounting.
You know how there's always the one girl in drama school who can cry at the drop of a hat? She has that emotional well she can tap into in a second? I'm not that girl. It takes a lot to get me to that place.
I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop.
Natalie du Toit
Those who really value Ukrainian sovereignty should opt for real independence and a positive neutrality: neither a plaything of the West nor Moscow.
I grew up in the seventies and disco was big. That influenced me the most.
Going to the mountains is going home.
The reality is that Israel is a multi-ethnic, multireligious society, and it makes no sense to insist as a precondition for peace that its neighbors recognize it as 'the Jewish state.'
Kai Bird
I feel very keenly the eyes of the foreign media on our country. And I think a lot of Japanese people feel that things are not working the way they should. When the time comes, I will put myself forward.
Yoshihiko Noda
I never hoped that both my children would become actors. I expected them to do something else.
I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ.
Finding out I was pregnant was one of the most joyous moments in my life. I will never forget it.
I am very aware that I'm one of the luckiest people who ever lived.
Matt Cohler
As the president of a university community of nearly 15,000 students and 7,000 faculty and staff, I take very seriously my responsibility to keep our campus safe in an increasingly dangerous world. The concealed carry policy has worked well for us.
Jerry Falwell, Jr.
I want to be a better person. I want to be a stronger person. I want to be someone who hurts less.
Brian Molko
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