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Ruth Carter Stapleton, on whether she will help Brother Jimmy's 1980 campaign: "I guess so, because we have a real close family. We weren't so close until Jimmy went into politics. Now Jimmy needs us every year for something."
Pierre Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, asked if he had read estranged Wife Margaret's lurid autobiography: "You want to know the nature of my thoughts? You won't get them."
Lilli Palmer, actress turned successful author (The Red Raven), on her new writing career: "It's very nice to discover halfway through your life something you really want to do, instead of sitting home playing mother or worrying about your figure."
Jorge Luis Borges, Argentine author and philosopher (The Book of Sand): "The U.S. is a great power because it was left with no other choice, which is a form of decadence."