Ed Koch Quotes
When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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I don't think that any political party should claim Jesus as being a part of a political party.
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A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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I greatly enjoy reading the biographies of scientists, and when doing so I always hope to learn the secrets of their success. Alas, those secrets generally remain elusive.
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When you actually fall in love, no one sees that other person the way that you do.
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One thing that we decided very early in the relationship is that when he goes, we all go - the whole family.
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Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened.
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I'm competing with myself first, as my aim is to improve my performance in every film.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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If you believe these polls, you're making a mistake.
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Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed.
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I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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I listen to music to when I'm feeling a certain way or to make myself feel a certain way. So why not make my own music inspired by true emotions?
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From regular, relative skydiving, I went on to freeflying. Freeflying is more the three-dimensional skydiving.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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If you can't respect me, you have to respect the law.
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I don't even know what sound is, much less what it's for. It isn't to make money that's for sure. I've never made any.
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The least known among the virtues and also the most misunderstood is the virtue of humility. Yet, it is the very groundwork of Christianity. Humility is a grace of the soul that cannot be expressed in words and is only known by experience. It is an unspeakable treasure of God, and only can be called the gift of God. Learn, He said, not from angels, not from men, not from books; but learn from My presence, light, and action within you, that I am meek and humble of heart, and you shall find rest to your souls.
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I love working the legislative process.
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In the smart home of the future, there should be a robot designed to talk to you. With enough display technology, connectivity, and voice recognition, this human-interface robot or head-of-household robot will serve as a portal to the digital domain. It becomes your interface to your robot-enabled home.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
