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I want to invest in research. Research is great. Providing funding to universities and think tanks is great. But investing in companies? Absolutely not.

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Mitt Romney
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: March 12
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The American culture promotes personal responsibility, the dignity of work, the value of education, the merit of service, devotion to a purpose greater than self, and at the foundation, the pre-eminence of family.
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