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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.
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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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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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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It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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We should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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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 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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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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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 was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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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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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues he also could end up going to jail.
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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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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 love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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In action be primitive in foresight, a strategist.
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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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