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American-British entrepreneur and philanthropist 1795-1869
Ted Turner is an American entrepreneur, TV producer, and philanthropist who founded CNN and TBS. He has also been involved in various environmental and charitable causes, including the United Nations Foundation and the Nuclear Threat Initiative.
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Robert Edward Turner IIIis an American entrepreneur, television producer, media proprietor, and philanthropist. He founded the Cable News Networkand has amassed the largest herd in the world. He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
Ted Turner was born in 1938 and took over his father’s billboard business, Turner Outdoor Advertising, in 1963 after his father’s suicide. This led to the creation of the Turner Broadcasting System and the launch of CNN, the first 24-hour cable news channel.
As a philanthropist, Ted Turner gave $1 billion to create the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden U.S. support for the UN. He also co-founded the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a non-partisan organization dedicated to reducing global reliance on and preventing the proliferation of nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons.
After taking over his father’s billboard business, Ted Turner purchased an Atlanta UHF station in 1970, which led to the creation of the Turner Broadcasting System. He turned the Atlanta Braves baseball team into a nationally popular franchise and launched the Goodwill Games.
Ted Turner has devoted his assets to environmental causes. He was the largest private landowner in the United States until 2011, and he uses much of his land for ranches to re-popularize bison meat. He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.
Ted Turner’s penchant for controversial statements earned him the nicknames ,The Mouth of the South, and ,Captain Outrageous,.
Ted Turner purchased Jim Crockett Promotions, which was then rebranded as World Championship Wrestling (WCW), helping to revive interest in professional wrestling.
As the owner of the Atlanta Braves baseball team, Ted Turner played a role in the team’s victory in the 1995 World Series.
If I only had a little humility, I’d be perfect.
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All my life people have said that I wasn’t going to make it.
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You should set goals beyond your reach so you always have something to live for.
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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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The United States has got some of the dumbest people in the world. I want you to know that we know that.
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Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world.
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I didn’t get here for my acting… but I love show business.
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I see what keeps people young: work!
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
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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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The mind is just another muscle.
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We have to do more than keep media giants from growing larger; they’re already too big. We need a new set of rules that will break these huge companies to pieces.
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I’ve never run into a guy who could win at the top level in anything today and didn’t have the right attitude, didn’t give it everything he had, at least while he was doing it; wasn’t prepared and didn’t have the whole program worked out.
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To be happy in this world, first you need a cell phone and then you need an airplane. Then you’re truly wireless.
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If I had any humility I would be perfect.
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Sports is like a war without the killing.
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Life is a game. Money is how we keep score.
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I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement.
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I know what I’m having ’em put on my tombstone: ‘I have nothing more to say’.
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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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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.
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My son is now an ‘entrepreneur.’ That’s what you’re called when you don’t have a job.
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Just because your ratings are bigger doesn’t mean you’re better.
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There’s nothing wrong with being fired.
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The media is too concentrated, too few people own too much. There’s really five companies that control 90 percent of what we read, see and hear. It’s not healthy.
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