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" The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology. "
Ted Turner
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" Rupert Murdoch is the most dangerous man in the world. "
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" I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. "
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" When I was a publisher of CNN, I took responsibility for the actions of the network. "
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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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" It was a struggle financing CNN, but I did it without ever asking the government for a nickel. "
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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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" 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'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. "
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" I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy. "
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" If I only had a little humility, I'd be perfect. "
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" I believe in pulling together to make the country better right rather than pulling, tearing it apart for partisan reasons. I think the country comes first. "
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" When our time's up, it's up. All the money in the world won't buy you one more day. "
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" I have both sleep apnea and atrial fibrillation, which are both debilitating conditions. "
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Conditions
Both
" I was gonna go broke if I didn't get things turned around real fast. "
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Go
Real
" 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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You
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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
Up
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" If the perpetrators of the World Trade Center plane crashes had a nuclear weapon, there's no doubt in my mind but that they would've detonated it in New York. "
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Mind
Doubt
" I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up. "
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Love
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" I think we've already voted at the U.N., in the Security Council, to get rid of nuclear weapons. Let's get rid of them. Let's get rid of ours and then Iran will stop, I believe. And so everybody else will, because if everybody doesn't have them, then we're safe, at least safe from a nuclear attack. "
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Safe
Believe
" I like Obama. I don't know who could do a better job. He's got an incredibly tough situation, and a good heart and mind. I'd like to see him rally support a little better. "
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Mind
Good
" I don't watch entertainment. I haven't watched in years. I want to see serious news. "
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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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" Just because your ratings are bigger doesn't mean you're better. "
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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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" There's nothing wrong with being fired. "
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" Even if we didn't have greenhouse gases, were going to have to move away from fossil fuels, as we're going to run out. They're finite, whereas solar and wind are infinite. "
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