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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.

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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Former Mayor Of New York City
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg
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