Ted Turner Quotes
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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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At Time Warner, I had ten percent of the stock after the merger. But when we merged with AOL, I was diluted down to three percent.
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I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is.
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I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.
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All my life people have said that I wasn't going to make it.
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I'd like to say that right now, in the last few years, the Democrats have been closer - have been more pro-environment. The coal industry is pretty well entrenched in the Republican Party and that's one of the things that we need to phase out.
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When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day.
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The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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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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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they're already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.
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It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.
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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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The Iranians don't intimidate! They're like the Vietnamese and the Iraqis. You want to start a war with them? They'll still be fighting in fifty years!
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There's really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It's not healthy.
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When I was young and ocean-racing competitively, and working the rest of the time, I was going 24 hours. I was on the verge of collapsing. But you've got to slow down a bit.
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Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite.
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Don't let Ted Turner deface my movie with his crayons.
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I see what keeps people young: work!
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I wanted to better inform the world.
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Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.
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You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
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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.