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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 wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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In action be primitive in foresight, a strategist.
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Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks.
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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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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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges.
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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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