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Bill Clinton: “Everybody leapt to their feet, except this one old lady on the front row that hadn't missed a Sunday in church in 45…”

On the recordSeptember 6, 1995
Everybody leapt to their feet, except this one old lady on the front row that hadn't missed a Sunday in church in 45 years.
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Bill Clinton
Democratic · Arkansas

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Remarks at a Clinton/Gore '96 Dinner

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