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I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.

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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
Mayer
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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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...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they go to the back of the line? and shall those who have made a dramatic illegal entry, who would normally not be entitled to government assistance, or even entry itself, be put at the front?
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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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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 never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
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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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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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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 wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
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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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Tone can be as important as text.
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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 key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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