Ed Koch Quotes
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The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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It's hard to always be on top. You go down, you go up.
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Fame has become this obsession for people, which kind of creeps me out.
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If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
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Peer pressure is something everyone will face in school. You have to really go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are making the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.
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There are films like 'Interstellar' where you cannot replicate the experience of seeing it in IMAX - it's an amazing film presented in a spectacular way. It really is an experience, like going to Disneyland, and you can't replicate that by watching home videos of going to Disneyland.
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On my best days, such as when I was a junior in high school coming off a 42-point performance and near triple-double, my dad was there to tell me I haven't arrived yet and bring me back to reality.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Some of modern engineering is necessary to good art. But I think of myself is a cultural artist.
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Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
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I finished 'The Hunger Games' trilogy, and I love most anything with zombies.
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If we want people to vote, we need to make it a larger part of their self-image.
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I hope to continue building my acting career and work more on projects that fulfill my artistic thirst.
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Well, my wife, Cathy Gillespie, worked for Joe Barton, who was running for Congress in 1984.
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I was a huge fan of comedy and movies and TV growing up, and I was able to memorize and mimic a lot of things, not realizing that that meant I probably wanted to be an actor. I just really, really amused myself and my friends with memorizing entire George Carlin or Steve Martin albums.
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It was great being together as a band, but much more difficult being brothers than it was being in a band.
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The University of South Carolina has always played a role in my life and the intellectual life of South Carolina.
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Seemed like everything I tried to do in broadcasting and as a player before that turned out successfully. I was succeeding. I got to the top of the heap in every facet of broadcasting.
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Just like everyone else, I'm not perfect; I go through challenges as well.
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We are very near the end, but have not and will not lose our good cheer.
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It's a sleepy, wonderful, idyllic town but there's a curse on it from 100 years ago, ... The people who died in this kind of boating accident have come back to take their revenge.
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I ate no butcher's meat, lived chiefly on fruits, vegetables, and fish, and never drank a glass of spirits or wine until my wedding day. To this I attribute my continual good health, endurance, and an iron constitution.
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We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society.
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God gave me a very good hand to play over my 88 years. I have no regrets.
