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What I learned growing up on the farm was a way of life that was centered on hard work, and on faith and on thrift. Those values have stuck with me my whole life.

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Rick Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
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James Richard Perry
James Richard Rick Perry
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