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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
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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The word impossible does not exist for me. I've got a lot of signal flags in my flag bag, but there is not a white one in there. I am going to keep fighting until the day I die - and might keep on fighting afterward ... depends on where I am.
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Be sure to set your goals so high that you can't possibly accomplish them in one lifetime. That way you'll always have something ahead of you. I made the mistake of setting my goals too low, and now I'm having a hard time coming up with new ones.
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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 chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.
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If you panic that's a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.
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