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
inspirational motivational suicide
Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world.
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When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network.
money war blood
War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
lonely strong-women loneliness
There's nothing wrong with being fired.
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The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.
ideas people needs
The whole idea of television news or any kind of news is to inform people about things they need to know about.
winning losing
The biggest thing I learned from losing? Winning's better.
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It's going to cost trillions of dollars to rework the energy sources all over the world. Were going to have to move away from fossil fuels.
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I like something with 'vice' in it.
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Never set goals you can reach in your lifetime.
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The sad thing about destroying the environment is that we're going to take the rest of life with us. The bluebirds will be gone, and the elephants will be gone, and the tigers will be gone, and the pandas will be gone.
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Men should be disqualified for public office. Women should run the planet. They're better than us.
fun struggle achieve
Struggling hard to achieve something is the most fun I get.
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The worst sin, the ultimate sin for me, in anything, is to be bored.