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Small business is the backbone of our economy. I'm for big business, too. But small business is where the jobs are generated.

Michele Bachmann

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Michele Bachmann
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: April 6
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United States Representative
Waterloo
Iowa
Michele Marie Bachmann
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Our children will be forced to learn that homosexuality is normal and natural and that perhaps they should try it, and that'll be very soon in our public schools all across the state, beginning in kindergarten.
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I was in the Minnesota state Senate from 2000 until 2006. In 2006, I was urged to run for Congress, I did. And I've been here ever since.
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I'm an affectionate person I'm a person who hugs, hugs people and I shake hands.
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I'm not motivated by vanity, glory or the quest for power.
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The No. 1 thing that I care about is the fact that I did my job by the children because that has a legacy that will far outlive me. Because it won't only be them, it will be how they impact their children and the next generation.
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Mitt Romney understands the private sector, he understands how profit is created, and he isn't embarrassed by it.
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