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.
The art of creation is older than the art of killing. - Ed Koch
The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
- Ed Koch
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
You punch me, I punch back. I do not believe it's good for one's self-respect to be a punching bag.
Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem. - Ed Koch
Don't tell me this is a difficult problem. If it weren't difficult, it wouldn't be a problem.
Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry. - Ed Koch
Should we be rewriting history just to make people feel good? That's not history, that's psychiatry.
Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, y… - Ed Koch
Be different-if you don't have the facts and knowledge required, simply listen. When word gets around that you can listen when others tend to talk, y…
I can explain it to you, but I can't comprehend it for you. - Ed Koch
I can explain it to you, but I can't comprehend it for you.
You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights. - Ed Koch
You don't have to love them. You just have to respect their rights.
To learn something new every day is still exciting! - Ed Koch
To learn something new every day is still exciting!
...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven. - Ed Koch
...the mayor should not be advancing a policy that encourages [illegal] immigrants to think of New York City as their safe haven.
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