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The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.

Ted Turner

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Media Proprietor
Philanthropist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
Robert Edward Turner
Robert Turner
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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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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.
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I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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If I sold all my liabilities, I wouldn't own anything. My wife's a liability, my kids are liabilities, and I haven't sold them.
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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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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
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Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
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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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I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
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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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Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.
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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 regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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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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