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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.

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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
Entrepreneur
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Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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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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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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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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I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
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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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I like something with 'vice' in it.
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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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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.
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Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.
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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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The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.
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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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Christians are losers.
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Many times through the ages, like as not the chance appears, but because of indecision, man's fond hopes are drowned in tears.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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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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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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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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