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Quotes: Levi Johnston's Interview With CBS News

On the dirt he has on Sarah Palin: "There are some things that I have that are huge. And I haven't said them because I'm not gonna hurt her that way... I have things that can, you know -- that would get her in trouble, and could hurt her. Will hurt her. But I'm not gonna go that far. You know, I mean, if I really wanted to hurt her, I could, very easily. But there's -- i'm not gonna do it. I'm not going that far."

Says he's referring to things Palin did while she was governor of Alaska. Asked whether those actions were illegal or immoral, he refused to elaborate.

On Palin calling Trig "retarded": "I was just in shock for the first time I heard it. And then she'd say it regularly. And I think she was joking, but it doesn't make it right."

Adds, "Those are just little ... things I put in Vanity Fair. You know, all the big things I got, I'm keeping -- you know, i'm keeping them in, and -- you know, it's just something that probably will never come out."

On what Palin might say about him in her memoir: "I'm not worried about her saying anything about me. I've really never done anything bad. I don't have anything to hide. So she can go on and say what she wants."

On Palin's discussing divorce in front of their kids:
"I'm sure it really hurt their kids, you know. I didn't like it. I wasn't even their kid."

On his Playgirl spread: Says it will be done "tastefully," adding, "I'm not gonna just go out there and get naked."

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