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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?
Ted Turner
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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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Cincinnati
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Robert Edward Turner III
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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 you panic that's a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
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The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.
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Basically we are chimpanzees with about two percent more intelligence and a little less hair.
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If you never quit, you're never beaten.
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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 fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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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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The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
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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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