"I have had an experience which might perhaps be described as being shot down. At the same time, I call shot down only when one falls down. Today I got into trouble but I escaped with a whole skin."

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Source : Manfred von Richthofen (2009). “The Red Baron”, p.130, BoD – Books on Demand

Manfred von Richthofen

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“I've nothing against eye make-up and lipstick. But the fact is that weâ€™re actually living on a planet in space. For me thatâ€™s an extraordinary thought. Itâ€™s mind-boggling just to think about the existence of space at all. But there are girls who canâ€™t see the universe for eye liner.”
“If trading is like chess, then macro is like three-dimensional chess.”
“Wherever I am, I see the yoke on women in some form or another. On some it sits easy for they are but beasts of burden. On others pride hushes them to silence; no complaint is made for they scorn pity or sympathy. On some it galls and chafes; they feel assured by every instinct of their nature that they were designed for a higher, nobler calling than to 'drag life's lengthening chain along.”
“Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness.”
“I know what I want and I'm going to work to get it.”
“At certain points if your life, you like doing more. I'm not sure what causes it or for what reasons; you just do it.”
“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.”

Source : "Outspoken Ed Koch’s best quotes" by Kevin Cirilli, www.politico.com. February 2, 2013.
“To sing is an expression of your being, a being which is becoming.”

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