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I'm just a socialist at heart.
Ted Turner
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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
Businessman
Entrepreneur
Environmentalist
Media Proprietor
Philanthropist
Cincinnati
Ohio
Robert Edward Turner III
Robert Edward Turner
Robert Turner
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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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.
Ted Turner
The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.
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I'm no genius. I'm not at all I just happen to look five or 10 years ahead and think things through.
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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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The world and life have been mighty good to me. And I want to put something back.
Ted Turner
We're too many people that's why we have global warming...on a voluntary basis, everybody in the world's got to pledge to themselves that one child is it.
Ted Turner
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.
Ted Turner
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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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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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.
Ted Turner
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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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?
Ted Turner
The mind is just another muscle.
Ted Turner
I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
Ted Turner
The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
Ted Turner
I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.
Ted Turner
Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.
Ted Turner
There's nothing wrong with being fired.
Ted Turner