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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.

Ed Koch

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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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If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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In action be primitive in foresight, a strategist.
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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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Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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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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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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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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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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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 want to come back as me.
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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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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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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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