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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.

Ted Turner

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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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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 didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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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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I'm just a socialist at heart.
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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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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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Nuclear war would really set back cable.
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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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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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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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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 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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The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
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