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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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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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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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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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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
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When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.
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We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's no environment, there's no human race. We are in a state of global denial.
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I fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.
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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 don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news.
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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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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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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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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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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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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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The mind is just another muscle.
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Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.
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