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Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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Last I looked - and I'm not a candidate - but last time I checked reading about the Constitution, the Electoral College has nothing to do with parties, has absolutely nothing to do with parties. It's most states are winners take all.
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[Jeb Bush] could, as I describe it, run the railroad.[John] Kasich could run the railroad. Hillary Clinton can run the railroad. Running the railroad is the most important thing. You have got 4 million employees you've got to make the system work, and it doesn't work very well.
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I am heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven. It’s not even close.
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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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There is no accountability today... no willingness to focus on big ideas.
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Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.
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Someone once described the information business as exactly the opposite of sex. When it's good, it's still lousy.
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Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.
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Whatever you may think of the proposed mosque and community center, lost in the heat of the debate has been a basic question: Should government attempt to deny private citizens the right to build a house of worship on private property based on their particular religion?
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In 1975, Congress passed a law requiring fuel efficiency standards to double over 10 years, with incremental targets that auto manufacturers were required to meet. That was the responsible approach, and it worked. But since 1985, we've done nothing - even as technology has moved at light speed.
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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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I believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.
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You're entitled to your own opinions, but not your own facts.
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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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I don't believe that government is good at picking technology, particularly technology that is changing. By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.
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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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Our climate is changing. And while the increase in extreme weather we have experienced in New York City and around the world may or may not be the result of it, the risk that it may be - given the devastation it is wreaking - should be enough to compel all elected leaders to take immediate action.
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