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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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[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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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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I wake up every morning and say to myself, Well, I'm still in New York. Thank you, God.
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I intend to vote for President George W. Bush in the next election, because in my view, he is best able to wage the war against international terrorism.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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I love being the mayor. I want to be the mayor forever.
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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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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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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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The most guileful amongst the reporters are those who appear friendly and smile and seem to be supportive. They are the ones who will seek to gut you on every occasion.
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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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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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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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