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You've got to give people a fair chance of saying what they believe, and then you've got to decide, Do you believe 'em?

Michael Bloomberg

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Michael Bloomberg
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: February 14
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Getting the job done has been the basis for the success my company has achieved.
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If people are not smoking, they'll probably be drinking more.
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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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Today, you're a piranha if you are seen having coffee with somebody from the other party in many cases.
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After all, the same steps that reduce carbon pollution also clean the air we breathe, which saves lives and reduces disease.
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Yes, they broke the law, but we can't deport them. Let's get over this pointing fingers and do something about that, whether it - they have to pay a fine, learn to speak English, the history, you can do that. And then you have to give visas for the skills we need.
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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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You can't depend on polls.
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We haven't had a world war in a long time. We do have mass movements of people out of Syria and North Africa. But, fundamentally, if you take Japan, you're complaining that the economy isn't booming, they'd like to have slightly higher inflation.
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If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.
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I have two daughters that are the loves of my life and I want to leave them a better world, a better country, a better state and a better city.
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