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Fish have got to swim. Birds have got to fly, and Clintons have to run for office. It's what they do. It's a metabolic urge. That's all they've done their entire life is borrow money from rich people to seek public office.

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George Will
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: May 4
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George F. Will
George Frederick Will
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