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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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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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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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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 wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
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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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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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Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!
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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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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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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 not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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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 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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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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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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I happen to believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. It’s whatever God made you. It happens that I’m heterosexual, but I don’t care about that. I do care about protecting the rights of 10 percent of our population who are homosexual and who don’t have the ability to protect their rights.
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