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
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Nuclear war would really set back cable.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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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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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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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.
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The U.N. had such lofty goals to eliminate poverty and stop war and cure diseases and help refugees - things that no one country could do.
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We are unaware of any fraudulent use of Ted Turner's credit cards or bank statements.
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And you can coast on that reputation for a long time but if you're going to hold that position, which I think would be the most profitable position, too, you have to earn it.
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Every day we are confronted with more news and information than we can handle, ... CNN Custom News will ensure that Internet users are not overwhelmed by this information.
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If only I had a little humility, I'd be perfect.
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I don't know what the deal is ... I told my caddie, 'Tomorrow, you line me up,'
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She's one of our core artists and when we got her new CD, deciding to play it was sort of a no-brainer. She's completely traditional and considering how long it's been since her last CD, the true country fans are going to flock to it.
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She's not yet an icon. But she's approaching icon status.