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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In 1942, everyone was ready to go and fight for the good guys. It was so simple.
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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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If everyone were a good person, it'd obviously be a better world.
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I know that I come from mid-20th century America, urban, specifically downtown New York, specifically an Italian-American area, Roman Catholic - that's who I am. And a part of what I know is there's a decency to people who tried to make a living in the kind of world that was around us and also the Skid Row area of the Bowery; it impressed me.
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I tried it a few times but didn't see the point. I'm Zach Braff. What the fudge do I need a team for besides holding me back and sucking? If I wanted that, I'd just walk on the set of 'Scrubs'.
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My mum especially listens to music in a way that is incredibly feelings-based. There's virtually no snobbery about what sounds are in it, she just wants to hear a song and that is quite refreshing.
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The problem with the whole issue is that both sides need to be accommodated. There does need to be better border security for national security purposes, but in my view you cannot have better border security until you deal with the problem of finding a way for people to immigrate legally. People are not crossing the border risking life and limb to do so because they're too lazy to go down to the visa office and apply legally.
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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.
