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When I came in, the city was on the edge of bankruptcy. I'm proud of what I did. I built the foundation that mayors after me built upon - particularly Bloomberg. But the foundation was essential because if it hadn't occurred, we would have been another Detroit.
— Ed Koch
Tags: foundation, proud, city, me

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Twelve years ago, if someone attacked me, I wouldn't let them get away with it. I'd take them on. I now perceive my job to include allowing people to vent their rage.
— Ed Koch
Tags: someone, job, people, me
I'm not the type to get ulcers. I give them.
— Ed Koch
Tags: type, them, get, give
Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
— Ed Koch
Tags: your, nothing, you, life
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
Tags: fall, lose, world, power
I have a social life. But I don't discuss it.
— Ed Koch
Tags: discuss, social, life
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