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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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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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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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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 never quit, you're never beaten.
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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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If there is a God, he is not doing a good job of protecting the earth. He's kind of checked out.
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