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In action be primitive in foresight, a strategist.

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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
Strategist
Foresight
Primitive
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Action

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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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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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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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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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I'm coming to the end of my life. I do reflect on what I've done for the 85 years that I have been given so far. And I'm proud of what I've done.
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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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Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
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[The UN should remain in New York] because every country needs a cesspool. And the UN is always interesting as a theater of the absurd.
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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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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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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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