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The only thing I'm running for is the state line.

James Carville

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James Carville
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 25
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Never underestimate people.
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You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.
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I didn’t just experiment with marijuana – if you know what I mean.
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[Hollywood] hates America.
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The country feels like it's entitled to abuse this state and forget about us, and we are sick of it.
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If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.
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We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.
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There is nothing going on and in the meantime we do know that our democracy is under assault by the KGB. To me, that's something we ought to be talking about. That's a relevant issue in this campaign [2016].
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I think this an outrage and I think the fact that the KGB is involved in this election [2016] is an outrage and I think the American people ought to take their democracy back regardless of what the press wants to do and the excuses they want to make for [James] Comey. That's what I think.
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