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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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It is not possible to remake the world. You can fix parts, but you can't remake the world.
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I'm just a simple Jewish boy from the Bronx.
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Life is indeed precious, and I believe the death penalty helps affirm this fact.
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If I were running against Chuck Schumer. I would take every one of his Sunday press releases - and there are 52 for as many years as he's been there - and I would ask, 'How many of the things he said he was proposing became law?' I doubt many.
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Tone can be as important as text.
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I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
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...what about the millions of poor in this country who desperately need assistance and services to help bring them out of poverty? Shall they go to the back of the line? and shall those who have made a dramatic illegal entry, who would normally not be entitled to government assistance, or even entry itself, be put at the front?
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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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Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, you will be treated as a sage.
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You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
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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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The key to success in politics: Never forget, seldom forgive.
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Whenever I leave Manhattan, I get the bends!
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To learn something new every day is still exciting!
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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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Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
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If they don't want to pay for it, they can stop drinking it.
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Carter couldn't elect a dog-catcher.
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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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I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
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