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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.

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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
Ulcers
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Giving

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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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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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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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Tone can be as important as text.
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I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker.
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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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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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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
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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 should sell them to our worst enemies, the Russians and the Cubans.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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