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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.

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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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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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I don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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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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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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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
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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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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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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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Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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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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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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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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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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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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