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I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.

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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
Film Critic
Former United States Representative
Judge
Lawyer
Politician
Writer
The Bronx
New York City
Edward Irving Ed Koch
Edward I. Koch
Edward Irving Koch
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.
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I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.
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I probably have another two or three years. Or I can pass tomorrow, but it doesn't make a difference to me.
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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.
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