Ed Koch Quotes
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The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.
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It's very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it's merely about combining ingredients, but that's something you can do with your eyes closed.
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How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt?
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Everyone has something to sell. The greatest thing you can ever sell is an idea or talent.
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But I'm the sort of person who, if certain structures topple, it could all go horribly wrong.
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Sometimes when you do interviews, it gets twisted up.
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Nobody is gonna love you like you. You're gonna be your best salesman.
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If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
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Whatever your image is, it's probably not you, but it affords you the freedom to live up to it.
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You break her heart, I'll break your neck.
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You know once you get in the business you know what you're getting into.
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When you're climbing at high altitudes, life can get pretty miserable.
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When you are the invisible man to the head coach, the only option is to head for the exit.
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Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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You cannot reform your society or institution without opening your mind.
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You can't try to be authentic. You either are or you aren't.
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Anytime you put a movie out it's subject to such scrutiny and such criticism.
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My favorite thing about being an actor is that I get to be so many different people in one lifetime. You sort of get to be all of these different characters.
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My character at 'Mel's diner' was involved in betting on the horses and all that.
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If you get labeled a winner, people come along for the ride. Might as well enjoy it and they should too.
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When an American says that he loves his country, he means not only that he loves the New England hills, the prairies glistening in the sun, the wide and rising plains, the great mountains and the sea. He means that he loves an inner air, inner life in which freedom lives. In which a man can draw the breath of self-respect.
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Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
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The person who is bent on killing you will follow you wherever you are.
