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I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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Cincinnati
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Robert Edward Turner III
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I fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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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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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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