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Ted Turner
United States
Born on 19 Nov 1938
Businessman
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On Adversity:
I didn't care what, how much adversity life threw at me. I intended to get to the top.
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On Arrogance:
If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
New York Times (1980)
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On Character:
I've got a virtually limitless supply of bullshit.
Interview, Playboy (1978)
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On Entrepreneur:
So far I like it fine. Most entrepreneurs don't last very long in big companies. But I'm not normal.
New York Times (1996)
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On Give:
I've been learning how to give. It's something you have to keep working on, because people like money the way they do their homes and their dogs.
New York Times (1997)
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On Money:
it's not how much you earn, it's how much you owe.
Speech (1986)
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On Enterprise:
I've always believed in cash flow rather than stated profits, because when you state profits you've got to pay 50% to the government.
Broadcasting (1987)
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On Ambition:
If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree.
New York Times (1996)
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On Objective:
You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
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On Give:
The more good I do, the more money has come in. You have to learn to give. You're not born to give. You're born selfish.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
On Anger:
"For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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Friedrich Nietzsche
On Destiny:
"Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
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Francis Bacon
On Friendship:
"A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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