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What has changed is that people have stopped working together.

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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Former Mayor Of New York City
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Boston
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg
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You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
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Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.
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If I remember, Russia, 20 or 30 years ago, you'd get shot trying to leave. Today, Russian tourists are all over the world. You have Russian oligarchs with big yachts all over the world.
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There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.
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You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world.
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Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?
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I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.
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