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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 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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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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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
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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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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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We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature has more to say than God.
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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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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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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I want to come back as me.
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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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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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