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I give out Atlas Shrugged as Christmas presents, and I make all my interns read it.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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I'm a person that can get along with people. I like people who believe passionately in things even if they're not the things I agree with.
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I'm as pro-life as a person gets. You're not going to have a truce.
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