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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.

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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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[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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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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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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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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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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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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...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 wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
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