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I want to come back as 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
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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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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
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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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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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But enough of me. Lets talk about you. What do you think of me?
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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Tone can be as important as text.
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In action be primitive in foresight, a strategist.
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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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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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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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[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 don't want to leave Manhattan, even when I'm gone.
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Maybe he just looks good compared to the bores he's running against.
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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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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 never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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