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If I hadn't been so outspoken, Jimmy Carter wouldn't have wanted me.

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Andrew Young
Age: 92
Born: 1932
Born: March 12
Diplomat
Film Producer
Former Mayor Of Atlanta
Human Rights Activist
Peace Activist
Politician
Writer
New Orleans
Louisiana
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Wishing of all strategies, is the worst.
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If you're a preacher, you talk for a living, so even if you don't make sense, you learn to make nonsense eloquently.
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