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<b>“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.”</b>

“I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.”

Who Said It: Jay Z Or Mitt Romney?

Jay Z wrote this in his 2010 book, "Decoded."

“We change people through conversation, not through censorship.”

Mitt Romney said this on the campaign trail in 2007, speaking to a man wearing a National Rifle Association hat.

"I purchased a gun when I was a young man.”

Jay Z said this when he was interviewed on CNNMoney back in 2011.

“I wouldn’t mind paying more taxes if it went to the things that really mattered.”

Mitt Romney said this when campaigning in 2007. After being taken to task for his comment, Romney's staff clarified that he meant this statement "figuratively, not literally."

"I saw my father march with Martin Luther King."

Jay Z said this in an episode of Oprah's Master Class Documentary in 2011.

“I believe excellence is being able to perform at a high level over and over.”

Jay Z said this in his song, "Blueprint 2."

“I will not lose for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned.”

“Poor people don't like talking about poverty because even though they might live in the projects surrounded by other poor people and have, like, ten dollars in the bank, they don't like to think of themselves as poor.”

Mitt Romney said this at the Republican National Convention in 2012 after accepting the nomination for president.

“Business and growing jobs is about taking risk, sometimes failing, sometimes succeeding, but always striving. It is about dreams. Usually, it doesn't work out exactly as you might have imagined."

“Identity is a prison you can never escape, but the way to redeem your past is not to run from it, but to try to understand it, and use it as a foundation to grow.”

Jay Z said this in an interview with Interview Magazine in 2010.

“Successful people have a bigger fear of failure than people who've never done anything because if you haven't been successful, then you don't know how it feels to lose it all.”

Mitt Romney said this when campaigning for president in 2012.

“Welfare without work creates negative incentives that lead to permanent poverty. It robs people of self-esteem.”

“We are a nation of immigrants. We are the children and grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the ones who wanted a better life...the ones who woke up at night hearing that voice telling them that life in that place called America."

Mitt Romney said this to a heckler at the Iowa State Fair in 2011.

“Everything corporations earn ultimately goes to the people. Where do you think it goes? Whose pockets? Whose pockets? People's pockets. Human beings, my friend."

Mitt Romney said this at the Conservative Political Action Conference in 2010.

"When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys."

"Without the work, the magic won’t come."

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