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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.
Ted Turner
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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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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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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 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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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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Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.
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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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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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I'm just a socialist at heart.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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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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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 can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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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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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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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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CNN anchor Gwen Scott claimed it is common knowledge that Turner sits in his office and smokes marijuana.
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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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Nuclear war would really set back cable.
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Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.
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