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There's nothing wrong with being fired.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Environmentalist
Media Proprietor
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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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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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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I fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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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 mind is just another muscle.
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I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
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Basically we are chimpanzees with about two percent more intelligence and a little less hair.
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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 think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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The word impossible does not exist for me. I've got a lot of signal flags in my flag bag, but there is not a white one in there. I am going to keep fighting until the day I die - and might keep on fighting afterward ... depends on where I am.
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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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If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.
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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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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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Christians are losers.
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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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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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