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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. ↗

— Ted Turner

#attitude #could #doing #everything #give

I know the difference between black magic and white magic. ↗

— Tina Turner

#black #black magic #difference #i #know

My mother and father didn't love each other, so they were always fighting. ↗

— Tina Turner

#each #father #fighting #love #mother

I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

#college #cynicism #dating #faith #glass-girl

I think Captain Cousteau might be the father of the environmental movement. ↗

— Ted Turner

#captain #environmental movement #father #i #i think

Sports is like a war without the killing. ↗

— Ted Turner

#like #sports #war #without

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. ↗

— Ted Turner

#better job #could #good #good heart #got

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. ↗

— Ted Turner

#gave #had #half #hands #honest

When I started 'CNN,' I made the decision to stay out of endorsing candidates, and let the doers make up their own minds about politics, that it wasn't going to come from me. ↗

— Ted Turner

#candidates #cnn #come #decision #doers

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. ↗

— Ted Turner

#changes #down #eighth #every #few