Ted Turner Quotes
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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When life knocks you down, keep getting up.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.
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Life histories tell you just about everything you need to know about an animal.
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A lot of women seem to think the way to ingratiate themselves is to put down other women or backstab. That's the quickest way to be eliminated from my life - try that with me, and you're out.
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It's really a sad story, and I liked that. The songs on this album talk about relationships in every aspect.
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There's more to life than being an actor in a Hollywood movie. I'm not going to adapt my life after that existence, where a lot of people do. And they get the publicist, and they get all that stuff, and it becomes them. I think it's a stupid way to live your life. A really dumb way to live your life.
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My biggest bits of advice are, write as much as you can, finish what you start, get a thick skin, don't take crap from anyone, but also live your life and have fun. The stereotype of a writer holed up alone all day is really unhelpful. You can't write real people and real emotion if you don't let yourself experience them.
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In this decisive hour of our national history, union means life and division means death.
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I think I write fiction for the opportunity to get beyond the limits of my own life.
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It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.
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Men view life to be as precious as women do, and to say that men have a more violent nature is insulting to men.
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I feel like my life has been very serendipitous and really kind of humorous. Everything that's happened to me has been like an, 'Omigod, are you kidding me?'
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It's a fine line of doing what's good for your life and what your parents want you to do, but also following your dreams. With my parents, when I was younger, I always had to do two things. If I was acting, I always had to do a sport or something on the arts side of things along with that.
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I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.
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I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion.
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I never got down with conveying a larger-than-life vibe.
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The enjoyment of life would be instantly gone if you removed the possibility of doing something.
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People have to learn who they are - you can't have somebody else telling you who you are.
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I think books and movies are going to go a long way together in the future. I think we writers are very important material for directors.
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If it's illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!
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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.
