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I'm still, except for making overseas trips, I'm staying just about as busy as I ever did.

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Jimmy Carter
Age: 100
Born: 1924
Born: October 1
39Th U.S. President
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I believe there is complete equality between men and women. And I believe those passages in the New Testament, not by Jesus, but by Paul, that say women should not adorn themselves, they should always wear hats or color their hair in church - things like that - I think they are signs of the times and should not apply to modern-day life.
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We believe in separation of church and state, that there should be no unwarranted influence on the church or religion by the state, and vice versa.
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