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

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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
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Cincinnati
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Robert Edward Turner III
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If you think you're a second-class citizen, you are.
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I fantasize about everything being a fireman, an Indian chief, climbing mountains. Anything is possible.
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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The word impossible does not exist for me. I've got a lot of signal flags in my flag bag, but there is not a white one in there. I am going to keep fighting until the day I die - and might keep on fighting afterward ... depends on where I am.
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I travel a lot. I'm on the move.
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I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours and then Iran will stop, I believe. And so everybody else will, because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack.
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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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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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There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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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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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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I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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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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The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
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