Michael Bloomberg Quotes - Page 10

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• Others may doubt us. They may criticize us. They may try to deny us what is rightfully ours. But they will fail. And I promise you, as long as I am mayor, I will never back away from fighting any opponent - or confronting any obstacle - that would prevent our people from achieving all of their dreams in Our New York.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Dream, New York, Fighting

  Michael Bloomberg's State of the City Address, www.gothamgazette.com. January 8, 2004.

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• I'm worried about the world because there's chaos in the Middle East, and I think the Iranian deal [to lift sanctions] is going to continue the Shia-Sunni battles, the Persian-Arab battles.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Thinking, Battle, World

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I'm worried about the world because of nuclear proliferation.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Nuclear, World, Worried

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• My personal view is, why don't you get out there and try to do something about the things that you don't like, create the jobs that we are lacking, rather than just yell and scream. But if you want to yell and scream, we'll make sure you can do it.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Wall, Views

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• We may not always agree with every one of our neighbors. That's life. And it's part of living in such a diverse and dense city. But we also recognize that part of being a New Yorker is living with your neighbors in mutual respect and tolerance. It was exactly that spirit of openness and acceptance that was attacked on 9/11, 2001.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Acceptance, Cities, Tolerance

  Address in Support of Religious Tolerance and New York City Mosque, delivered 3 August 2010, Governors Island, New York

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• The World Trade Center site will forever hold a special place in our city, in our hearts. But we would be untrue to the best part of ourselves and who we are as New Yorkers and Americans if we said no to a mosque in lower Manhattan.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Heart, Cities, Forever

  Address in Support of Religious Tolerance and New York City Mosque, delivered 3 August 2010, Governors Island, New York

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• And if I were the president, I'd go out there and I'd emphasize the things I have done, and I'd say, 'Some things haven't worked, and I'm sorry about that, but I keep trying.' And I'm - and I think the president is a very viable candidate, and you're going to have a real horse race here no matter who the Republican nominee is.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Horse, Sorry, Real

  "Meet the Press" with David Gregory, www.nbcnews.com. September 25, 2011.

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• The CIA will only hire people with impeccable credentials to be a translator. 'Impeccable credentials' means you've never lived outside the United States.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Mean, People, United States

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• We're [New York] the world's second home, the place where every religion is practiced and every culture is celebrated.

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Home, Culture

  Michael Bloomberg's Speech at the Republican National Convention in New York City, New York, www.washingtonpost.com. August 30, 2004.

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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.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Law, Common Sense, Immigration

  Michael Bloomberg's Speech At Breakfast Reception In Sligo, Ireland, www1.nyc.gov. August 22, 2006.

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• There are lots of threats to you in the world. There's the threat of a heart attack for genetic reasons. You can't sit there and worry about everything. Get a life.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Heart, Worry, World

  "Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot" by Bruce Schneier, www.wired.com. June 14, 2007.

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• We have reduced poverty in the world by 50% since the year 1970 - the number of people who go to bed hungry, the number of people that have to sleep without a roof over their heads, the number of people that are illiterate.The world is better.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Sleep, Years, Numbers

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• I'd be derelict in my duty if I didn't go and continue to use every advantage that I can to promote New York's cause.

  Michael Bloomberg

  New York, Use, Advantage

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• These endless legal challenges that define elections in New York are a joke in this country, and they are the reason why it is so expensive, or one of the reasons, it's so expensive to run here and why so many people decide not to run.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Running, Country, New York

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• You can buy almost anything anyplace in the world. You can get it delivered in 24 hours. You can pay for it on credit or just by swiping something. So, I don't know that the world is worse off, in that context, than before.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Credit, World, Pay

  Source: asia.nikkei.com

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• Government caters to those screaming the loudest, regardless of what they're screaming about. In business, it's exactly the opposite! You invest more in the most successful departments, and less in those that aren't performing.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Business, Successful, Government

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• Look at all of the great strengths of America: entrepreneurialship, work ethic, natural resources, a democracy, a transparency, a willingness to be critical. Around the world, they look at us, and they say, "Why are you criticizing yourself? Why are you people arguing during the political process to elect a president or somebody else?" That's the great strength of this country.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Country, America, People

  Interview with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. September 21, 2008.

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• When it comes to public school education, we have been unwilling to measure our results. We've been unwilling to pay based on performance. We have tenure where, even if you can't teach, you can't get fired. We've been unwilling to invest in new schools.

  Michael Bloomberg

  School, Pay, Results

  "Global Public Square" with Fareed Zakaria, globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com. November 2, 2008.

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• If you have one farm worker, typically they create three jobs with higher compensation and higher skills - the people that pack, the people that ship, the people that inspect, the people that sell, that sort of thing.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Skills, People

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 25, 2011.

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• What the Democrats have to understand is that while we do need to reform our regulation and we do need more restrictions, it is true that it is capitalism and free enterprise and companies that create jobs and wealth for every American.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Jobs, Reform, Needs

  Interview with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. September 21, 2008.

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• The mistake that was made in the '70s is we stopped policing the streets, we stopped cleaning the streets, we stopped cleaning the graffiti off buildings, we stopped supporting our cultural institutions and building parks and schools and all those kinds of things.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Mistake, School, Graffiti

  Interview with Tom Brokaw, www.nbcnews.com. September 21, 2008.

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• Mayors are very different, because mayors can't be on both sides of every issue. Mayors have to take an explicit stance. Just go with your gut and say what you believe, and you'll be fine. If you're not fine, at least you'll like what you see in the mirror.

  Michael Bloomberg

  Believe, Mirrors, Issues

  Interview with Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. April 25, 2011.

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