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One of my greatest pleasures is being on the farmland that's been in the family since 1833.

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
39Th U.S. President
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I'm a peanut farmer at heart, still grow peanuts on my farm in Georgia.
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I have never been disappointed when I asked in a humble and sincere way for God's help. I pray often. I think I pray more often since January 12th.
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The world is safer without Saddam [Hussein]. Certainly the people of Iraq are better without Saddam.
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Jesus is the Son of God, we have a chance for God's blessings, God's salvation through our faith in Jesus Christ and all of us are sinners who fall short of the glory of God, and the wages of sin is death but through our faith that Jesus Christ, we can be saved.
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