I would do more weightlifting than aerobics. Strong is better than skinny.
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I might speed up a few details, but wouldn’t change anything, other than my dad still being here.
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Paterson Joseph
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I wouldn’t live so long in France. After eight years, I came back to London.
Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, 1977–1981; Governor of Georgia 1971–1975
I wish I sent one more helicopter to get the hostages and we would have rescued then and I - I would have been re-elected, but that may have - and that may have interfered with the foundation of the Carter Center. And if I had to choose between four more years and the Carter Center, I think I would choose the Carter Center.
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I’d drink less alcohol in the 90s.
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View profile →Before kids, when I was 13 or so, on the back of my horse, running at full speed in an open pasture. Post kids, happiness happens often, but in more subtle ways. I now prefer the word “content”.
To strangers. Living in New York, I see individuals every day who are invisible to so many. I want to say sorry that so many of us think their pain and suffering is not our own.
The birth of my daughter.
A midwife named Jennie Joseph. She is a tireless activist for women, family health and equal access to quality maternity care.
The fact that at least 300,000 women die every year from pregnancy and childbirth-related issues that are largely preventable.
My father’s death before my marriage and motherhood.
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