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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
Michael R. Bloomberg
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Don't think that I'm - I'd- I'm infallible. Will always make mistakes.
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