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Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
Actor
Aircraft Pilot
Bank Manager
Businessperson
Former Mayor Of New York City
Politician
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Boston
Massachusetts
Michael Rubens Bloomberg
Michael R. Bloomberg
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When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything, or say anything, that might affect the polls, or give the other side an advantage, or offend a special interest.
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I don't know why people carry guns. Guns kill people.
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It's no fun to protest on an empty stomach.
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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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I don't have a problem with a woman being president I just want the best candidate.
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Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.
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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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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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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 believe in Judaism, I was raised a Jew, I'm happy to be one - or proud to be one.
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Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.
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The estate taxes, on balance, are good. They get people to give money to charity, and they prevent these family dynasties which keep other people from having opportunities. It may be good for a family, but for society it's probably not good. And I've always been in favor of having an estate tax.
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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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I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.
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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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You know, if you look back in the 1930s, the money went to infrastructure. The bridges, the municipal buildings, the roads, those were all built with stimulus money spent on infrastructure. This stimulus bill has fundamentally gone, started out with a $500 rebate check, remember. That went to buy flat-screen TVs made in China.
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You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.
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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 know that many Irish-born New Yorkers are caught in the trap of our federal immigration policies. If we are going to continue to attract the best and the brightest - and Ireland has more than its fair share - we need to inject some common sense into our immigration laws, and I'm doing my best to make that case in Washington.
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This society cannot go forward, the way we have been going forward, where the gap between the rich and the poor keeps growing. It's not politically viable it's not morally right it's just not going to happen.
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