Ted Turner
Ted Turner
Robert Edward "Ted" Turner IIIis an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the Cable News Network, the first 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth19 November 1938
CityCincinnati, OH
CountryUnited States of America
jesus hippie healing
Jesus Christ would have been considered just another long-haired hippie freak if he hadn't been crucified. The folks weren't impressed with healing the sick, feeding the multitudes bread and fish or anything else, except maybe the walking on water. But when he got crucified, that gave him his big start.
people young
I see what keeps people young: work!
succeed innovative
To succeed you have to be innovative.
television our-society negative
Even when I started in 1970, I knew that television was having a negative effect on our society.
struggle cnn government
It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel.
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I believe in a reasonable amount of "right to bear arms". But private citizens of the United States are not allowed to own nuclear weapons. I always wanted a nuclear weapon, if I could have gotten one. I'm every other kind of power, but I'm not a nuclear power.
music common-humanity people
Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it's important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity.
life-and-death life-is-like want
Life is like a B-movie. You don't want to leave in the middle of it, but you don't want to see it again.
inspiring race people
We must go through a natural revolution if we are to survive on earth. We need to change people's perceptions. If there's no environment, there's no human race. We are in a state of global denial.
giving generosity really-true
What the Bible says is really true-it's better to give than to receive.
weed marijuana anchors
CNN anchor Gwen Scott claimed it is common knowledge that Turner sits in his office and smokes marijuana.
grandchildren impact today
Every action or inaction has an impact-good or bad-upon our surroundings, and anything we do today will have an impact on the lives of our grandchildren.
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The word impossible does not exist for me. I've got a lot of signal flags in my flag bag, but there is not a white one in there. I am going to keep fighting until the day I die - and might keep on fighting afterward ... depends on where I am.
people stuff too-much
There are too many people, that's why we have global warming. We have global warming because too many people are using too much stuff.