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Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.

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Ted Turner
Age: 86
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
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The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.
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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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I mean, there's no point in sittin' around and cryin' about spilt milk. Gotta move on.
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I just love it when people say I can't do something. There's nothing that makes me feel better, because all my life people have said I wasn't going to make it.
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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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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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John is very aware of the responsibilities that come with being a landowner. I also feel that way. We both see landownership as a personal investment, but also an opportunity to contribute to the well-being of our planet and its inhabitants.
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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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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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Most of the people will have died and the rest of us will be cannibals.
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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
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Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it's important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity.
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The mind is just another muscle.
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I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
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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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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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I'm a millionaire, I guess, but I'm just a normal person and I like everybody, taxi drivers, whoever you are, to call me by my first name and talk to me on a man-to-man basis. I think the garbage collector is as important as the goddamned president.
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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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