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Every one of my positions cuts - out half the country. I'm pro-choice, I'm pro-gay rights, I'm pro-immigration, I'm against guns, I believe in Darwin.
Michael Bloomberg
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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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I've got the greatest job in the world. There's no other job in government where cause and effect is so tightly coupled where you can make a difference every day in so many different ways and in so many different people's lives. It's a great challenge.
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Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you're so big that you can't. That's worse.
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