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If you can't prove it's not true then a certain number of people will glom on and say it is true.

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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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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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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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There is no business in America that would be prevented from taking results into account when making personnel decisions.
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Cities with clean air gain an economic advantage, because where people want to live and work, businesses want to invest.
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I thought Jeb Bush would have made a good president. He was on the board of my foundation. He's very conservative, much too conservative for me.
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You can bet - a good chance of Hillary [Clinton], a good chance of [Donald] Trump - but not 100% in either case.
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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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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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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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You have to understand, we have better communications and better transportation, so people know what's available elsewhere and can get a message out, and you can move things. And you [can] say that the economy is more unpredictable.
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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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If people are not smoking, they'll probably be drinking more.
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By speeding the transition to cleaner energy, we can improve the lives of billions of people, while also reducing the risks we face from a changing climate.
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We have reduced poverty in the world by 50% since the year 1970 - the number of people who go to bed hungry, the number of people that have to sleep without a roof over their heads, the number of people that are illiterate.The world is better.
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You're going to see a million people here who have the courage to come and not let terrorists win, and that's exactly what we should all do.
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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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Throughout our history each and every generation has expanded upon the freedoms won by their parents and grandparents. Each and every generation has removed some of the barriers to full participation in the American dream. And the next great barrier standing before our generation is the prohibition on marriage for same-sex couples
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Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself or success as a team. You have to share the pain and the responsibility and if you do then you will also share in the rewards.
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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.
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Look, we live in a very dangerous world. We know there are people who want to take away our freedoms. New Yorkers probably know that as much if not more than anybody else after the terrible tragedy of 9/11.
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