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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.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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I like something with 'vice' in it.
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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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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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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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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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Hell, we spent $200 Billion to get a scared guy who needed a shave out of a fox-hole! And he may even die of prostate cancer before we even get a chance to try him, dammit!
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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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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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.
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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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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 never quit, you're never beaten.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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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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Nuclear war would really set back cable.
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