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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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I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.
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