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People would ask me how I could stand the long campaigning, how I could stand being charged with the responsibilities of a great nation, one of the most powerful and difficult jobs in the world. It wasn't any more difficult than picking cotton all day or shaking peanuts.

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
39Th U.S. President
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