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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.

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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
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Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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Women? I love women. Life would have been virtually zero without them. Journalism? I really feel like I am a journalist... And courage? I had a boat named Courageous.
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The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we're going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will be gone, and the elephants will be gone, and the tigers will be gone, and the pandas will be gone.
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The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.
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I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy.
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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John is very aware of the responsibilities that come with being a landowner. I also feel that way. We both see landownership as a personal investment, but also an opportunity to contribute to the well-being of our planet and its inhabitants.
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I wanted to better inform the world.
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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.
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We're too many people that's why we have global warming...on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one child is it.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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If I sold all my liabilities, I wouldn't own anything. My wife's a liability, my kids are liabilities, and I haven't sold them.
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We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's no environment, there's no human race. We are in a state of global denial.
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I love this planet I want to see the environment preserved and I want to see the human race preserved. And I'd like to see everybody living decently in a more equitable, kind-hearted, thoughtful, generous world.
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