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1. "You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag." ~ Ed Koch
2. "I said, to be a New Yorker you have to live here for six months, and if at the end of the six months you find you walk faster, talk faster, think faster, you're a New Yorker." ~ Ed Koch
3. "There's enormous energy required to carry grudges - enormous energy! And I'm getting too old to expend my energy that way, cause I think every person has a limited amount of energy. So I have given up all grudges." ~ Ed Koch
4. "If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end." ~ Ed Koch
5. "There was always a love-hate relationship with New York in the rest of the country, but I made them feel more love than hate." ~ Ed Koch
6. "The knife of corruption endangered the life of New York City. The scalpel of the law is making us well again." ~ Ed Koch
7. "In action be primitive; in foresight, a strategist." ~ Ed Koch
8. "It's a lot more fun being a critic than being the one criticized." ~ Ed Koch
9. "The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it." ~ Ed Koch
10. "If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues, see a psychiatrist." ~ Ed Koch
11. "The fireworks begin today. Each diploma is a lighted match. Each one of you is a fuse." ~ Ed Koch
12. "I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows." ~ Ed Koch
13. "Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!" ~ Ed Koch
14. "Citizens, thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am 88 years old today and still lucky to live in the greatest city in the world." ~ Ed Koch
15. "How'm I doing?" ~ Ed Koch
16. "I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did." ~ Ed Koch
17. "I was born at the age of twelve on a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer lot." ~ Ed Koch
18. "You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights." ~ Ed Koch
19. "Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would suggest. When we learn that individuals do not fit the group stereotype, then it begins to fall apart." ~ Ed Koch

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