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Abstinence works, I know it from my own personal life, abstinence works.

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Rick Perry
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: March 4
Farmer
Governor Of Texas
Military Officer
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James Richard Perry
James Richard Rick Perry
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I'm looking at a tax process that will allow people to keep more of their money because we know what happens when job creators get to keep more of their money than they're - they have the confidence to go out and spend that money to create jobs that in turn create wealth.
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We find ourselves in what I consider to be the most challenging, difficult, threatening time since World War II because of this War on Terror.
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Donald Trump is not softening his position on immigration.
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I got a feeling that after six years of disappointment, of mediocrity and decline, a slow course correction is not what voters are going to be looking for in 2016.
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I don't want to look like Connecticut, no offense, I don't want to look like Oklahoma, I don't want to look like California. I want to be uniquely Texas. And that's not to diss anybody else.
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I have no question that Newt Gingrich has the heart of a conservative reformer, the ability to rally and captivate the conservative movement.
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Texas is a national leader in education reform and student achievement. Through our college- and career-ready standards and assessments, strong school accountability, and a focus on educator development, we have created an education system that prepares our students for success after graduation.
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Debates are set up for nothing more than to tear down the candidates. It's pretty hard to be able to sit and lay out your ideas and your concepts with a one-minute response.
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I am also the product of a place called Paint Creek. Doesn't have a zip code. It's too small to be called a town along the rolling plains of Texas. We grew dryland cotton and wheat, and when I wasn't farming or attending Paint Creek Rural School, I was generally over at Troop 48 working on my Eagle Scout award.
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That the Texas Legislature, that the Texas school boards, the Texas teachers, we collectively know best how to educate our children, rather than some bureaucrat in Washington.
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Although Mr. Trump talks an interesting and entertaining game, rarely do I hear him lay out specifics.
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Obama is a president, who I think is anti-jobs.
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The God we serve does not seek out the perfect, but instead uses our imperfections and our shortcomings for his greater good. I am humbled by my own limitations. But where I am weak, He is strong.
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I didn't say I was running, did I?
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I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.
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We're at the end of an era of failed leadership. We have been led by a divider [Barack Obama] who has sliced and diced the electorate, pitting American against American for political purposes.
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The idea that you're going have zero people crossing the border is unrealistic. But today we know that's not the case. Today we know we've got a porous border and people are coming in, and we don't know who they are. So secure the border then we can have a conversation about it.
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We cannot afford four more years of this misguided socialist policies from President Obama and his administration.
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Spreading the wealth punishes success while setting America on course for a greater dependency on government.
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In America, the people are not subjects of government, the government is subject to the people.
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