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If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.

Ted Turner

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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Cincinnati
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Robert Edward Turner III
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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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The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we're going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will be gone, and the elephants will be gone, and the tigers will be gone, and the pandas will be gone.
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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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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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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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I fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.
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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've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
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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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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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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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I like something with 'vice' in it.
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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 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 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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I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours and then Iran will stop, I believe. And so everybody else will, because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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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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