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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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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
Life
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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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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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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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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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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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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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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 don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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There's a nastiness out there that wants to harm me with words. These are my enemies - the ideologues, the populists, the columnists who don't like the fact that I take them on toe-to-toe. What I try to do is tell the truth. It's not the coin of the realm in politics.
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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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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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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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I want to come back as me.
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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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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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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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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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