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
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
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
I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears 27th birthday and for the Circus album she put out – the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings. – Ron Ben-Israel
Its been such a deep and amazing journey for me, getting close to John Keats, and also I love Shelley and Byron. I mean, the thing about the Romantic poets is that theyve got the epitaph of romantic posthumously. They all died really young, and Keats, the youngest of them all. – Jane Campion