Ted Turner Quotes
If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
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Nothing scares me more than people with some doll collection.
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Elvis was a big influence to my music, but Loretta Lynn was, as well.
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The main thing for me is to make sure our home is peaceful, that it's healthy, that the kids are good.
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I don't know if I should care for a man who made life easy; I should want someone who made it interesting.
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There's nowhere like Detroit; it's a modern necropolis: all these art deco masterpieces crumbling away.
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Crime stories are our version of sitting round a camp fire and telling tales. We enjoy being scared under safe circumstances. That's why there's no tradition of crime writing in countries that have wars.
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I love rap because it talks about pain that comes authentically from the ghetto. It moves me.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Either war is obsolete, or men are.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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Escapism makes a lot of intuitive sense - whisk people away from their cares with stories of a better life.
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It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
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I learned that when you stand up for what you believe in, you'll get a lot of support. But there are always going to be negative things said about you.
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I train for whatever happens. I'm prepared for wherever the fight goes.
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But I'm more interested in why people are frightened by Jaws and why Jaws was such a hit than saying Spielberg's my main influence.
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I have this first album that sells more than 100,000 copies in its first week, debuts at number two, goes gold, the single goes platinum, we're doing Madison Square Garden.
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The wave of the Islamic revolution will soon reach the entire world.
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We need a commander in chief that speaks the truth. We will not defeat radical Islamic terrorism so long as we have a president unwilling to utter the words 'radical Islamic terrorism'.
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It is one of the issues that will have to be worked through however let me make the point and I think anyone would accept that if you set it up properly, not only will you get better environmental outcomes, you have a chance to create more wealth with the available resource.
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I have been arrested several times protesting.
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Do I care about clothes and stuff? Not much. It's a bit sick, isn't it, people spending all that money on clothes? I'm too stingy. I wouldn't pay £100 for a shirt.
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A lot of times, when I interact with someone for the first time, I don't want to see the presentation.
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If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.
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If the Russian nuclear arsenal was fired at the United States and other targets, and we fired back at them with thousands of nuclear weapons, it would be the end of life on earth.
