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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?

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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
Enough
Think
Thinking
Lets
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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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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The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse.
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I want to come back as me.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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However, they ignore the fact that the First Amendment is intended to protect only against government sanctions for exercising free speech rights, not private actions.
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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 was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot.
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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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