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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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Ed Koch
Age: 88 †
Born: 1924
Born: December 12
Died: 2013
Died: February 1
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The Bronx
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Edward Irving Ed Koch
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