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Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

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
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Michael Rubens Bloomberg
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I never lie, so if somebody asked me a question, I told them.
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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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China is investing in factories in Eastern Europe, not because their labor costs are lower, but because they want to be closer to their markets.
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