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Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

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
Massachusetts
Michael Rubens Bloomberg
Michael R. Bloomberg
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I'd love to have a president who really was out there leading and traveling around the world campaigning for joint climate change action. Even the Chinese government is trying to get people to stop polluting. And I think the federal government level in China is acting more responsibly than the American government.
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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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We haven't had a world war in a long time. We do have mass movements of people out of Syria and North Africa. But, fundamentally, if you take Japan, you're complaining that the economy isn't booming, they'd like to have slightly higher inflation.
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Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need.
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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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I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.
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Jeb Bush is very good on immigration, he's very good on education. He's a smart guy.
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Leading from the front: It's what built America. But these days, the federal government isn't at the front - it's cowering in the back corner of the room, ducking responsibility and hoping no one notices.
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Organizing around a common interest is a fundamental part of democracy. We should no more try to take away the right of individuals to collectively bargain than we should try to take away the right to a secret ballot.
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What goes on in Europe concerns us greatly because, if Europe comes apart, the E.U. comes apart, then you're going to have enormous impact on America, that's a very big trading partner of ours, and people own securities around the world in this day and age.
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The truth of the matter is: you can create a great legacy, and inspire others, by giving it to philanthropic organizations.
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Is your company so small you have to do everything for yourself? Wait until you're so big that you can't. That's worse.
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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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