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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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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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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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I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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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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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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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it's important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity.
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I'm just a socialist at heart.
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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 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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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 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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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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I travel a lot. I'm on the move.
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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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If you panic that's a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.
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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 think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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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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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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