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Sports is like a war without the killing.

Ted Turner

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Media Proprietor
Philanthropist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
Robert Edward Turner
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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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