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I've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.

Ted Turner

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
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If you panic that's a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.
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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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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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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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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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Basically we are chimpanzees with about two percent more intelligence and a little less hair.
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When I got my statement in January, I was worth $2.2 billion. Then I got another statement in August that said I was worth $3.2 billion. So I figure it's only nine months' earnings, who cares?
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I travel a lot. I'm on the move.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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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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Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again.
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The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
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I'm just a socialist at heart.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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