Gangsters Quotes - Page 2

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  Henry Miller

  Sports, Suicide, Fashion

  Henry Miller (1961). “The Cosmological Eye”, p.177, New Directions Publishing

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• I don't want my kids saying, 'My dad was a gangster, so I need to be a gangster. I would rather mine say, 'My dad was a stunna, so I need to be a stunna.'

  Young Thug

  Dad, Kids, Needs

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• Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

  Tim Robbins

  Running, Government, Accepting

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• Some of your worst gangsters are guys who were very low-key.

  Mickey Rourke

  Keys, Guy, Lows

  "Mickey Rourke on Megan Fox: 'Probably the Best Young Actress I've Ever Worked With'". Interview with Jeff Labrecque, ew.com. February 05, 2010.

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• To me, being a gangster was better than being President of the United States.

  Ray Liotta

  President, United States, States

  "Fictional character: Henry Hill". "Goodfellas", 1990.

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• There are many people who think I'm actually a gangster or a mafioso, largely because of 'Goodfella'.

  Paul Sorvino

  Thinking, People

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• I think we have always had a fascination for gangs and gangsters, and I think we always will.

  Ross Kemp

  Thinking, Fascination, Gang

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• I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown?

  Joe Pesci

  Mean, Mafia, Mobster

  "Fictional character: Tommy DeVito". "Goodfellas", www.imdb.com. 1990.

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• A lot of these kids have no fathers, and they want to be gangsters. They don't believe in God and have no faith in anything but their own instincts. Boxing provides a way for them to express themselves in a positive way, and I'm happy to be able to help them.

  Bobby Slayton

  Father, Believe, Kids

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• It is the rule of law alone which hinders the rulers from turning themselves into the worst gangsters.

  Ludwig von Mises

  Law, Worst, Hinder

  Ludwig Von Mises (1947). “Planned Chaos”, p.51, Ludwig von Mises Institute

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• I think we're fascinated by gangsters and that whole lifestyle and crossing the line. We get sort of stuck in our normal lives, if you will, and you want to be bigger than life and I think people somehow live through these sorts of characters.

  Denzel Washington

  Character, Thinking, People

  Source: www.indielondon.co.uk

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• This American system of ours,call it Americanism,call it capitalism,call it what you will,gives each and every one of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and make the most of it.

  Al Capone

  Opportunity, Hands, History

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• The harm done by ordinary criminals, murderers, gangsters, and thieves is negligible in comparison with the agony inflicted upon human beings by the professional do-gooders, who attempt to set themselves up as gods on earth and who would ruthlessly force their views on all others - with the abiding assurance that the end justifies the means.

  Henry Grady Weaver

  Mean, Views, Agony

  Henry Grady Weaver (2016). “The Mainspring of Human Progress [Revised Edition]”, p.38, Pickle Partners Publishing

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• I would just as soon listen to a gangster lecture on honesty as watch Hollywood portray the Bible.

  Vance Havner

  Honesty, Hypocrite, Hollywood

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• And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

  Lord Acton

  Peace, Men, Hands

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• Everybody needs love. There are a lot of guys that you think are hard-core gangsters, but all these guys' weaknesses are women. Look at the movie Scarface. At the end of the day, all he wanted to do was to have kids with his woman.

  Master P

  Kids, Thinking, Guy

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• I've only played gangsters and cops, and I always have to be serious.

  Manny Montana

  Serious, Cop

  Source: collider.com

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• The media have been tireless in their efforts to suppress the truth about the gangster state.

  Michael Pare

  Media, Effort, Political

  "Dirty truths". Book by Michael Parenti, 1996.

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• Dance bars are seen as the place where gangsters go to relax and spend money.

  Sonia Faleiro

  Relax, Bars

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime.

  Shia LaBeouf

  Dirty, Naughty, Vintage

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• I'd love to play a gangster but I think people might say I looked a bit too young and cheeky to play a character who'd just blown someones head off!

  Dominic Monaghan

  Character, Thinking, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I definitely would like to do something serious. Not like a love story, but serious like maybe a gangster or a mobster. A gang or a mob movie would be great.

  Jason Mewes

  Would Be, Stories, Serious

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.

  Mario Puzo

  Movie, Hollywood Films, Film History

  The Godfather ch. 1 (1969)

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• I decided that if the police couldn't catch the gangsters, I'd create a fellow who could.

  Chester Gould

  Police, Fellows, Decided

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• I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs.

  Quincy Jones

  Thug, Color, Car

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