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" I'm a very good thinker, but I sometimes grab the wrong word. I say something I didn't think through adequately. I mean, I don't type my speeches, then sit up there and read them off the teleprompter, you know. I wing it. "

Ted Turner

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You

Think

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Want

See

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World

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Snakes

Giraffes

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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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Business

Lose

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Financial

War

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War

Sports

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