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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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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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I think we are not serious about attacking the long-term debt problem, and that's one of the things that he's going to have to find a way to get on the agenda.
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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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I don't have a problem with a woman being president I just want the best candidate.
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We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.
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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 don't know why you should be proud of something. It doesn't make you any better or worse. You are what you are.
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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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The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.
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I have my own army in the NYPD, which is the seventh biggest army in the world.
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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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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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I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.
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Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.
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New York has been, and will continue to be, a magnet for people from all over the world. This is where the arts, business, research and technology converge to create the world's foremost urban economy.
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Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.
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Well, you have the public not wanting any new spending, you have the Republicans not wanting any new taxes, you have the Democrats not wanting any new spending cuts, you have the markets not wanting any new borrowing, and you have the economists wanting all of the above. And that leads to paralysis.
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We should remember it wasn't so long ago that confidence in New York was in short supply.
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We all must recognize that homeland security funds should be allocated by threat and no other reason.
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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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