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" I have a social life. But I don't discuss it. "
Ed Koch
Social
Life
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" I probably enjoy campaigning more than most other people in public office because I like people and I enjoy going out there and telling people what I've done. "
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" I think I have a very good reputation amongst the gay population and among the whole country because I stood up on the issue of gay rights. It is not easy to stand up on that issue when you are single and male in New York City. I did it anyway. "
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" Tone can be as important as text. "
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" I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns. "
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" I'm confident President Obama will continue his unambiguous commitment to the Jewish state in his second term. "
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" There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges. "
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" I'm sure that people who elected me, some of them thought I was gay, some of them thought I wasn't gay, and most of them didn't care. "
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" It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized. "
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" You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights. "
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" I changed the city of New York. I gave people back their morale. "
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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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" To learn something new every day is still exciting! "
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Every Day
" My brain is good, but my body is deteriorating. 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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" If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end. "
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" I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did. "
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Never
" People get tired of you. So they decided to throw me out. And so help me God, as the numbers were coming in, I said to myself, 'I'm free at last.' "
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" I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them. "
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Type
" I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot. "
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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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" No, I am not a homosexual. If I were a homosexual, I would hope I would have the courage to say so. What's cruel is that you are forcing me to say I am not a homosexual. This means you are putting homosexuals down. I don't want to do that. "
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" How'm I doing? "
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Doing
" I was drafted into the Army when I was 19 and came out at age 22. Most people that I knew didn't think they'd come home alive. I didn't think I would either, so I was happy when I did. "
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" Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world. "
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" You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag. "
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