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I was a Democrat before I was a Republican before I became an independent and I never changed my principles.

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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Michael Rubens Bloomberg
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America was built by immigrants. Almost nobody that I know is any more than three generations, maybe four generations, American.
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What has changed is that people have stopped working together.
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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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After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.
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There are lots of threats to you in the world. There's the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life.
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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 By the time you get it done and go through democracy, it's so outdated.
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You bet I did and I enjoyed it.
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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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Many of America's and New York's sons and daughters are around the world fighting for the freedoms that the Statue of Liberty stands for.
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I know a con when I see one.
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The main claim to fame, I think, of Bernie Sanders - who I've never met I'm sure he's a pleasant guy - [is that] he's certainly not stupid.
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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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You can buy almost anything anyplace in the world. You can get it delivered in 24 hours. You can pay for it on credit or just by swiping something. So, I don't know that the world is worse off, in that context, than before.
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I know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.
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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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There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.
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Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.
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