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It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.

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Dan Quayle
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: February 4
Businessperson
Former Vice President Of The United States
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Vice President Of The United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
James Danforth Quayle
James Danforth Dan Quayle
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