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I'm an expert typist. I learned in high school. I would close my eyes and just type without worrying about mistakes. I tried to penetrate my heart, and as I let my thoughts drift, things bubbled up to the surface.

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There's a common perception among college administrators that they should conceal the high level of sexual assaults that take place on their campuses because it would bring discredit to the university, bring them a bad name if it was publicized.

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If I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much.
Admire Certainly Francis Go
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I have been very interested and intrigued and congratulatory toward President Bush and his paintings.

Been Bush His Interested
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I personally have always been in favor of people who are gay being permitted to marry legally - and I still feel that way.

Always Been Being Favor
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I have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren, and they keep me young.
Grandchildren Keep Me Young
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When you single out any particular group of people for secondary citizenship status, that's a violation of basic human rights.

Any Basic Basic Human Rights Citizenship
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I'm going to stay active as long as I can politically, and with the Carter Center primarily, and if I'm able mentally and physically, will continue to be quite active.

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My - both my sisters died with pancreatic cancer. My brother died with pancreatic cancer. My daddy died of pancreatic cancer. My mother died with breast cancer.

Both Breast Cancer Brother Cancer
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I was totally dominated and revered my father. I admired everything he did. He was a great sports person. He loved me. I was his only boy at that time, before my brother Billy came along.

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I think politicians really go with the tide.

Go I Think Politicians Really
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I'm taking special treatments for the cancer in my brain and in my liver. Part of the liver was removed, and they did the treatment on four places in my brain with radiation. And now I'm taking a long-term medicine that stimulates my own immune system to fight against cancer.

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We have a tendency to condemn people who are different from us, to define their sins as paramount and our own sinfulness as being insignificant.

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There's no doubt that the Christian right has gone to bed with the more conservative elements of the Republican Party. And there's been a melding in their goals when it comes to the separation of church and state. I've always believed in the separation of church and state.

Always Bed Been Believed
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I don't think that the total creation took place in six days as we now measure time. If we can confirm, say, the Big Bang theory, that doesn't at all cause me to question my faith that God created the Big Bang.

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I think an overwhelming portion of the intensely demonstrated animosity toward President Barack Obama is based on the fact that he is a black man, that he's African American.

African African American American Animosity
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I've used the prestige and influence of having been a president of the United States as effectively as possible. And secondly, I've still been able to carry out my commitments to peace and human rights and environmental quality and freedom and democracy and so forth.

Able Been Carry Commitments
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A fundamentalist can't bring himself or herself to negotiate with people who disagree with them because the negotiating process itself is an indication of implied equality.

Because Bring Disagree Equality
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Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton.

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It's very difficult for the American people to believe that our government, one of the richest on Earth, is also one of the stingiest on Earth.

Also American American People Believe
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I wish I had known when I was in the White House what I know now about the Third World.
About Had House I Wish
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We can't equate democracy with Christianity because the largest democracy on earth is India, which is primarily Hindu. The third largest democracy is Indonesia, which is Islamic. Democracy and freedom are not dependent on Christian beliefs.

Because Beliefs Christian Christianity
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Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

Better Better Life Democrats Designed
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When I was in the White House, I was confronted with the challenge of the Cold War. Both the Soviet Union and I had 30,000 nuclear weapons that could destroy the entire earth and I had to maintain the peace.

Both Challenge Cold Cold War
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I had very good support from Democrats and Republicans all throughout my administration. I had a very high batting average. We added more jobs per year in my four years than any other president since the Second World War.

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I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But I think always to tell the truth in a sometimes blatant way, even though it might be temporarily unpopular, is the best approach.

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I remember the last three days that I was president, I never went to bed at all. I never went to bed until we had negotiated the final release of the hostages.

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Because I know about the Holy Land, I've taught lessons about the Holy Land all my life, and - but you can't bring peace to Israel without giving the Palestinian also peace. And Lebanon and Jordan and Syria as well.

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When I was elected President nobody asked me to negotiate between Israel and Egypt. It was not even a question raised in my campaign. But I felt that one of the reasons that I was elected President was to try to bring peace to the Holy Land.

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I don't claim to be knowledgeable about theology. Most of my knowledge comes out of my experience and the lessons in the Bible. Every Sunday I'm home I teach 45 minutes and we boiled them down to one page for the new book, 'Through the Year with Jimmy Carter.'

About Bible Book Carter
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Jesus never said a word about homosexuality. In all of his teachings about multiple things - he never said that gay people should be condemned. I personally think it is very fine for gay people to be married in civil ceremonies.

About Ceremonies Civil Condemned
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My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my novel that I wrote not too long ago, 'The Hornet's Nest,' I painted the cover picture for it and I do a good bit of painting now.

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I don't think the Tea Party people are racist, except maybe a tiny portion of them. But there has been a deliberate effort - again, referring to Fox Broadcasting - to inject the race issue into it. They have actually called Obama a racist on television.

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I'll never tell a lie. I'll never make a misleading statement. I'll never betray the confidence that any of you had in me. And I'll never avoid a controversial issue.

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And I think that Africa is making progress that the world needs to recognize and assist the continent to continue on that path.

Africa Progress Continent Recognize
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You can only have money in your pocket if you work and earn. Nobody is going to come to your house and say put this in your pocket. You have to come out and take the opportunity that presents themselves. Learn a skill, go into the world of work and you will be able to put money in your pocket

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The point is we are borrowing, but we are borrowing sensibly. Seriously, no country develops with its own resources alone especially countries in Africa

Borrowing Sensibly Country Develop
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We are changing lives one at a time, change isn't coming, it's happening
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I have seen more demonstrations and strikes in my first two years. I don’t think it can get worse. It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn’t fear the knife because it is dead already. I have a dead goat syndrome

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I think that Africa has made quite rapid progress and a lot of the conflicts that we saw on the continent have abated.

Africa Rapid Progress Continent
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I am still a socialist. I am a left-of-center politician. I believe that in Africa if you see the poverty around us, you can’t afford to be anything else

Politician Socialist Poverty Africa
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With the kinds of progress we’re seeing in Africa, we have people who have a very high expectation, and often people think that you know, things would happen overnight. But I want people to understand that sometimes it even gets worse before it gets better.

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We are enjoying in Africa what I call the democracy dividend. The progress we are seeing, economic development are all part of the dividend of good governance, respect for human rights, rule of law.

Africa Dividend Democracy Economic
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I have a dead goat syndrome
Dead Goat Syndrome
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Happily, there’s a reversal of the brain drain occurring in Ghana now. We’re seeing a lot of – actually in Africa – we’re seeing a lot of African professionals, you know, returning to the continent to contribute their quota.

Happily Brain Africa Ghana
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I believe that just like a man can serve his God without being a clergy, so can a man serve his state without being the governor.

I believe Serve God State
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You should care for your staff, ask them questions, find out about their families and if you ask me, I’ll say send them personalized SMS on a daily basis thanking them for all they are doing to grow your business, you’ll be shocked.

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We need to accelerate growth, but we critically need to also reverse the growth in population.

Need Accelerate growth Reverse Population
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When it’s your day, no one can stop it.
When Day Stop it
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The best strategy is one that achieves the intended outcome.

Best strategy Achieves Outcome
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