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We will rebuild, renew and remain the capital of the free world.

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 chance does a five-foot-seven billionaire Jew who's divorced really have of becoming president?
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Neither party has God on its side, a monopoly on good ideas, or a lock on any single fiscal, social, or moral philosophy.
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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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Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.
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We have reduced poverty in the world by 50% since the year 1970 - the number of people who go to bed hungry, the number of people that have to sleep without a roof over their heads, the number of people that are illiterate.The world is better.
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Millions of Americans have contributed to building a stronger Israel I've been proud to be one of them. Last year, I went to Jerusalem to help dedicate in my father's name a new MDA medical facility which treats people of all faiths and all nationalities absolutely equally.
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