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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.

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
Bronx
Jewish
Boys
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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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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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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