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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking 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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In a neighborhood, as in life, a clean bandage is much, much better than a raw or festering wound.
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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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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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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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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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