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Ted Turner
Age: 85
Born: 1938
Born: November 19
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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've never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn't have the right attitude, didn't give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it wasn't prepared and didn't have the whole program worked out.
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I see the whole field of environmentalis m and population as nothing more than the survival of the human species. I have wanted to have some bumper sticker made up saying 'Save the Humans'. At the bottom of it all, we are trying to save ourselves.
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If you panic that's a good way to lose. You have to stay in control.
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I travel a lot. I'm on the move.
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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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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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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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If you never quit, you're never beaten.
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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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Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.
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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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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'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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The chance for mistakes is about equal to the number of crew squared.
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Nuclear war would really set back cable.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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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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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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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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