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I think that ... none of [the candidates in he third party] have the courage to do what's right for the country. And I have, now, two grandchildren, which I didn't have before. I'd like to leave them a better world.
Michael Bloomberg
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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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