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In science, a path that turns out to be a dead end is very useful because you don't devote resources to focusing on that you go elsewheres.

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg
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The Russian economy is way down because of the price of oil, and because the USSR was a big chunk of it.
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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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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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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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Central planning didn't work for Stalin or Mao, and it won't work for an entrepreneur either.
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Like Israel, New York City's history has been defined by immigrants who come in search of freedom and the opportunity to build a better life. And like Israel, New York City has remained a target for terrorists who seek to destroy that freedom
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I do not think that anybody should get paid for lousy performance. I've said that for a long time. If you work hard and you do good, you get paid well.
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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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After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.
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Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.
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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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