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I've played everything - baseball, football, basketball. I can still swim a mile a day. That's why I can't walk.

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Barry Goldwater
Age: 89 †
Born: 1909
Born: January 1
Died: 1998
Died: May 29
Aircraft Pilot
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Former United States Senator
Military Officer
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Phoenix
Arizona
Barry Morris Goldwater
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Religious factions will go on imposing their will on others unless the decent people connected to them recognize that religion has no place in public policy. They must learn to make their views known without trying to make their views the only alternatives.
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