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And then it happened. It was a detail, no more than that. A detail to which you pay no attention at first. That takes on meaning only later. In retrospect.


Herman Koch

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KENNETH KOCH From the beginning of time, business has cozied up to government and gotten restrictions on competit...
CHARLES KOCH Have you ever lived in the suburbs? It's sterile. It's nothing. It's wasting your life.
ED KOCH Stereotypes lose their power when the world is found to be more complex than the stereotype would su...
ED KOCH We're in the hands of the state legislature and God, but at the moment, the state legislature ha...
ED KOCH I thought Paulie could jump. I know he's not fleet of foot, but at least have some hops. I guess...
BILLY KOCH I'm a bit of a romantic, to a fault. It's led me to some great things and also some sad thin...
ALEXANDER KOCH I wouldn't be surprised to see the Shanghai Shipping Exchange spread throughout China, if they want ...
CHRIS KOCH When I first went to college, I went to Western Michigan. I had been rejected by a bunch of schools ...
ALEXANDER KOCH From a young age, I had done a lot of theater and musical theater. I wasn't really sure what I w...
ALEXANDER KOCH Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur.
KENNETH KOCH We are riding the temperature roller coaster here,
GREG KOCH We're the largest independent beer wholesaler in Southern California, and our trucks cover a lot of ...
GREG KOCH Consumers are starting to understand that the complexity and flavors available in beer are deep and ...
GREG KOCH Never has there been a better time or place in history to have access to such a range of character a...
GREG KOCH The magazine and Internet program that Harmon Media Group has put together for us has allowed our co...
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