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I think my wife ... is sure of my loyalty.... She knows how hard I work. She knows how tired I am every night. She knows I have fifty or sixty reporters watching me day and night.

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