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I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast.

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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
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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 think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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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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I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it.
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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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The mind is just another muscle.
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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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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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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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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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Christians are losers.
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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 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'm 68 and a half years old I grew up with newspapers I love newspapers I love the news business. I started CNN I'm a journalist and proud of it.
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I'm just a socialist at heart.
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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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Nuclear war would really set back cable.
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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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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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