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I've jumped out of an airplane 34 times. I've dove 212 feet under water. I've done a lot of things that defied death.

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Jesse Ventura
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 15
Film Actor
Peace Activist
Politician
Professional Wrestler
Radio Personality
Sports Commentator
Writer
Minneapolis
Minnesota
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I'm a warrior at heart I'm an ex-Navy Seal. I'm too old to wage war anymore, and so now I wage it mentally. And so I find politics very stimulating it's war without guns.
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Government has no place telling you who to fall in love with and who to marry.
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The thing is, and Americans are starting to realize this now, that while street gangs are violent, the Democrats and Republicans are worse. They are worse because their decisions affect your life.
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We got victims out there that are getting shot four and five times, point blank range. That's not self-defense. You're not going to tell me that's self-defense.
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In a free society, how can you commit a crime against yourself?
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I think that Minnesota is different because we are proving that tri-partisan government could work, that you do not need to necessarily be a Democrat or a Republican to be successful at governing.
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If we would end the war on drugs, you would see the end of the militarization of our police forces and you would see an end to a lot of the shooting violence that's going on when people are being pulled over for traffic stops and then suddenly executed right in the street.
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In the last recession, 99 percent of us have lost wealth, but did you know that the top 1 percent increased their wealth five times? It tells you they create recessions so they get wealthier.
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I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
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I asked Dalai Lama the most important question that I think you could ask - if he had ever seen Caddyshack.
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Health insurance should be a given for every citizen.
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Get every candidate to wear a NASCAR racing suit when they go debate this way we can see how their sponsors really are.
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After Barack Obama won the 2008 presidential election, I was heartened to see him issue an Open Government Initiative on his first full day in office.
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The world protested our invasion of Iraq, but the people of America were never made aware of that - through the censorship that goes on here, and believe me it's going on here.
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You can't legislate stupidity.
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I'm saying that there's way more to 9/11 than mainstream media and our government have told us.
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The people need to understand that marijuana is an unbelievable plant that has huge medical - it's a medical plant, is the best way to describe it. It has huge benefits for us as people in many, many - so many different ways.
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When you drink fluoridated water, you're drinking liquid Prozac. You drink enough of it, even though it's a small amount, drink it for decades and decades and what does Prozac do to you? It dumbs you down it makes you docile.
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If I wanna be president, I probably can.
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I can't see any difference in government between Bush and Obama apart from the color of their skin.
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