Ted Turner Quotes - Page 5

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• The reason that the World Trade Center got hit is because there are a lot of people living in abject poverty out there who don't have any hope for a better life.

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  People, World, Poverty

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• It was okay for people to write negative things about me just as long as they spelled my name right.

  Ted Turner

  Writing, Names, Long

  Ted Turner (2010). “Call Me Ted: The Autobiography of the Extraordinary Business Leader and Founder of CNN”, p.177, Hachette UK

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• Man should be judged by the deeds done to help his fellow man.

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  Men, Deeds Done, Eulogy

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• Every few seconds it changes - up an eighth, down an eighth - it's like playing a slot machine. I lose $20 million, I gain $20 million.

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  Business, Tragedy, Machines

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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.

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  Philosophy, Hands, Energy

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• When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.

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  Responsibility, Cnn, Action

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• Newspapers are technologically obsolete. In the days of instant electronic communications, its crazy to have to print these newspapers at a central plant and deliver them by truck. They're the biggest problem with our solid-waste disposal. And the news you get is a day old. You can get it off the Internet instantaneously for a fraction of the cost.

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  Crazy, Communication, Cost

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• I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions.

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  Sleep, Conditions

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• Never set goals you can reach in your lifetime.

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  Goal, Lifetime, Setting Goals

  Ted Turner, Janet Lowe (1999). “Ted Turner speaks: insight from the world's greatest maverick”, Wiley

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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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  Responsibility, Opportunity, Land

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• I've had the good fortune to have a much more diverse life than most people would, professional sports and television and news and movies.

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  Sports, People, News

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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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  Regret, Successful, I Regret

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• I like snakes. I like hummingbirds. There's nothing on earth I don't like. Frogs. Salamanders. The bunnies, the giraffes, the hippopotamuses.

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  Snakes, Earth, Bunnies

  "Interview Showdown: Ted Turner 1, Publicist 0" by Michelle Kung, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2008.

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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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  Party, Years, Needs

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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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  Survival, Trying, Fields

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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.

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  United States, Would Be, Nuclear

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• I travel a lot. I'm on the move.

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  Moving

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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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  Three, Mergers, Percent

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• Nuclear war would really set back cable.

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  Funny, War, Nuclear

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• The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.

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  Fighting, Use, Want

  "Ted's tears". Interview with Oliver Burkeman, www.theguardian.com. June 18, 2002.

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• I'm hard of hearing. I miss a lot. It's really tough.

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  Missing, Hearing, Tough

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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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  Jobs, Heart, Support

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• I thought, between sports and news and television and friendship, that you could end the Cold War and, by God, we did.

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  Sports, War, News

  "Turner reflects on CNN at 25". edition.cnn.com. June 2, 2005.

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• I wanted to better inform the world.

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  World, Wanted

  "Piers Morgan Tonight", edition.cnn.com. May 6, 2012.

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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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  Years, Watches, News

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