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I know I'm intellectually capable of finding a series of things and making hundreds of millions. I have to get there and do it. Carefully. Legally.
Jack Abramoff
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Jack Abramoff
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 28
Film Producer
Lawyer
Lobbyist
Atlantic City
New Jersey
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Millions
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All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.
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Being somebody who wants to be religious doesn't make me perfect and doesn't make me necessarily any better than anybody else. It maybe makes me better than I would have been if I didn't have that level.
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I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.
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