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"We had to make love on the floor. That's why we got girls."

--Boris Yeltsin, talking to "60 Minutes" Correspondent Lesley Stahl about early life with his wife. Yelstin, who died yesterday, refused to sit down for a planned interview with Stahl – he wanted to play tennis instead. Stahl tried to leave, but Don Hewitt convinced her to address her questions to the huffing and puffing Yeltsin between games. In the end, Stahl said, "it was one of the better pieces I've ever done. …'Cause you got to see his personality. His real personality."

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