When we share a respect for each other and treat all of our colleagues as we ourselves would wish to be treated, we all do our best work. This is something Donald Trump does not understand — not when Donald Trump ran Donald Trump business, and not now when Donald Trump is recklessly running our country, i will be a leader whom women can trust.

Michael Bloomberg

Being an entrepreneur isn't really about starting a business. It's a way of looking at the world: seeing opportunity where others see obstacles, taking risks when others take refuge.

Michael Bloomberg

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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.

Michael Bloomberg

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After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.

Michael Bloomberg

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Don't be afraid to assert yourself, have confidence in your abilities and don't let the bastards get you down.

Michael Bloomberg

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Entrepreneurship is having an idea to do something great and not entirely have a plan on how to do it but the drive and will power to make it work

Michael Bloomberg

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Progress is not inevitable. It's up to us to create it.

Michael Bloomberg

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Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.

Michael Bloomberg

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You are safer here tonight than you would be on the streets of any other city in the world.

Michael Bloomberg

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Working collectively and collaboratively is the difference between mediocrity by yourself or success as a team. You have to share the pain and the responsibility and if you do then you will also share in the rewards.

Michael Bloomberg

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You must first be willing to fail — and you must have the courage to go for it anyway.

Michael Bloomberg

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If someone tells me they skied all day and never fell down, I tell them to find another mountain.

Michael Bloomberg

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I know a con when I see one.

Michael Bloomberg

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You can't sit there and worry about everything.

Michael Bloomberg

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I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.

Michael Bloomberg

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I was the one of those students who made the top half of the class possible.

Michael Bloomberg

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In the game of life, when the final buzzer sounds, the only stat you carry with you is the number of assists you made.

Michael Bloomberg

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Donald Trump says he wants to run America like he's running his business? God help us.

Michael Bloomberg

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I never liked anyone who didn't have a temper. If you don't have a temper, you don't have any passion.

Michael Bloomberg

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Buy what's deliverable, not what could be.

Michael Bloomberg

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The people who are worried about privacy have a legitimate worry. But we live in a complex world where you're going to have to have a level of security greater than you did back in the olden days, if you will. And our laws and our interpretation of the Constitution, I think, have to change.

Michael Bloomberg

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