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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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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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If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out.
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I'm no genius. I'm not at all I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.
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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 regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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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 fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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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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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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There are too many people, that's why we have global warming. We have global warming because too many people are using too much stuff.
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I travel a lot. I'm on the move.
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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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I'm 68 and a half years old I grew up with newspapers I love newspapers I love the news business. I started CNN I'm a journalist and proud of it.
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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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When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better.
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