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There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
Actor
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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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If you think of all the publicity about the terrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we have a Virginia Tech in this country every day. It's just spread across 50 states.
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What we shouldn't do is let people who want to come here make the decision themselves. America should be in control of its own borders.
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There's a fascinating statistic: One out of every four people in America has visited New York since 9/11. It is astounding. Now, I don't know how you count it it's some people coming multiple times.
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When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.
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I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.
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The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.
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Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either.
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This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable it's not morally right it's just not going to happen.
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You can bet - a good chance of Hillary [Clinton], a good chance of [Donald] Trump - but not 100% in either case.
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I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.
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I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people.
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Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.
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I know how to make decisions and stand up to the criticism every day.
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Ironically, it is exactly because we are a city that embraces freedom, that welcomes everyone and encourages their dreams, that New York remains on the front lines in the war on terror.
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