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There are some cities that are doing good stuff, but there aren't enough of them. If you don't fight for what you want, then you deserve what you get. And in politics, if you don't ask, you don't get at all.

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Van Jones
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: September 20
Civil Rights Advocate
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