Ed Koch Quotes
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Jesus was not denying the legitimacy of biblical law. On the contrary, He was affirming biblical law. We love God first; God commands us to keep His word; therefore, we must enforce the law on ourselves.
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In capitalist history, invasion and class struggle are not opposites, as the official legend would have us believe, but one is the means and the expression of the other.
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It is important that the audience should understand every syllable of every word, for only then can they grasp the meaning of the song.
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I come from a generation that suffered school lessons in portacabins and crumbling hospitals. I tell you one thing, for the eighteen years they were in power the Tories did nothing to fix the roof when the sun was shining.
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I've learned that the key is to fight with no pressure.
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Anyone who sets foot into the 'Watchmen' universe and isn't just a little nervous should be given a few days of electroshock therapy. I've always considered 'Watchmen' to be one of the best graphic novels ever written, and when it came out back in 1986 I was as blown away as everyone else. Just masterful.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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I thought I'd be doing weird, Off Broadway theater after I graduated.
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A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.
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I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
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I full well realize that politics is a rough and tumble business, but politics should not be reduced to lobbing partisan hand grenades. Politics is not war. Terrorism is.
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I'm not a proper traveler. I don't like to be challenged or have too much of a change and prefer a week away just to relax.
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We're headed towards a fascist economy in which you have big government, big corporations and big labor, and they're all in cahoots to strangle the entrepreneur.
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Seeing a man praying to Allah is enough for some people to assume he is a terrorist.
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Through the years I have seen myself as a peaceful person, but the awareness of the anger is part of that process.
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As for the level of spectacle of the two disciplines, I leave it to the people who watch the races to comment.
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Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.
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One thing I am sure of is that I won't judge a dance reality show.
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Do I believe in coupling? Do I believe in commitment? Do I believe in co-parenting, raising children together, having a family, and growing old with someone? I absolutely believe in all of those things. I just don't believe that you need to be married to do that. I love going to weddings, though. I do love a good wedding.
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All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.
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We women of America tell you that America is not a democracy. Twenty million women are denied the right to vote.
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To establish what is true is very difficult. Frequently it is easier to establish what is false. And, passing through the false, it's possible to understand something about truth.
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I hate the attitude of, 'oh we already have a Lydia Lunch, so we do we need a Bikini Kill.' Well, there's like 2 hundered million all-male bands writting 'baby baby I love you, let me drag you around on my ankle.' Is that enough already? Duh!
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I don't believe that in our society that we should have guns.
