Ted Turner Quotes
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Do not call for black power or green power. Call for brain power.
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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The secret of my success with Geraldine is that she's not a putdown of women. She's smart, she's trustful, she's loyal, she's sassy.
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When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
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People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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Democracy is now going forth on a crusade against imperialism.
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Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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The partner that you have is supposed to make you a better person, and when you're happy, you're a better person.
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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Films don't decide my whole life. They are just a part of who I am. What I do in my personal life should be of no concern to the filmmakers or the fans.
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The encouragement I got from Campbell was a quick check and praise. Once the Space Beagle was launched on its mission, it seemed natural for it to breed additional thoughts.
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I've never tried to be something I'm not.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I used to have the very standard worldview. I can easily identify with people who see computers getting faster and smarter, and technology getting more and more beneficial, without seeing the other side.
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Every season, I'm like, 'Who knows if I'm going to get another job?'
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Geniuses don't have better ideas than the rest of us. They just have more of them.
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It might be, it could be... it is! A home run!
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The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.
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It seems important to find ways of reminding ourselves that most 'familiarity' is meditated and delusive.
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The noble calling to rule and subdue the earth in God’s name was perverted, as male and female tried to rule and subdue each other.
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My dad believed in scaring us as we were growing up. Scaring the boys who wanted to date us more.
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To survive in modern times, a company must have an organizational structure that accepts change as its basic premise, lets tribal customs thrive, and fosters a power that is derived from respect, not rules. In other words, the successful companies will be the ones that put quality of life first. Do this and the rest - quality of product, productivity of workers, profits for all - will follow.
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
