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If Warren Buffett made his money from ordinary income rather than capital gains, his tax rate would be a lot higher than his secretary's. In fact a very small percentage of people in this country pay a big chunk of the taxes.

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
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By speeding the transition to cleaner energy, we can improve the lives of billions of people, while also reducing the risks we face from a changing climate.
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Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.
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I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.
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Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation has removed some of the barriers to full participation in the American dream. And the next great barrier standing before our generation is the prohibition on marriage for same-sex couples
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In business, when you fail at something, when something doesn't work, you say okay, we've learned that that's not a path to go down.
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You bet I did and I enjoyed it.
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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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What you've got to do is be honest. Say what you believe. Give it to them straight. Just don't wuss out.
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Even though New York is the safest big city in the nation, there are still far too many illegal guns on our streets. Nearly all of them arrive from out of state - and most are sold by a small group of rogue gun dealers who refuse to obey federal laws.
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I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world. I have my own State Department, much to Foggy Bottom's annoyance. We have the United Nations in New York, and so we have an entree into the diplomatic world that Washington does not have.
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I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work hard and you do good, you get paid well.
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I think that ... none of [the candidates in he third party] have the courage to do what's right for the country. And I have, now, two grandchildren, which I didn't have before. I'd like to leave them a better world.
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Don't think that I'm - I'd- I'm infallible. Will always make mistakes.
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You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.
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