Frank Costello quotes
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“The only one that can do what I do is me. Lot of people had to die for me to be me. You wanna be me?”
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“No one gives it to you. You have to take it.”
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“We're all gonna die, let's act accordingly.”
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“When you decide to be something, you can be it. That's what they don't tell you in the church. When I was your age, they would say we can become cops or criminals. Today, what I'm saying to you is this: when you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?”
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“Other kids are brought up nice and sent to Harvard and Yale. Me? I was brought up like a mushroom.”
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“You can learn a lot, watching things eat.”
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“Church wants you on your place. Kneel, stand, kneel, stand. If you go for that sort of thing, I don't know what to do for you. A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you. You have to take it. 'Non serviam'.”
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“When you decide to be something, you can be it.”
-- Frank Costello -
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“Most men I know, pissed away their fortunes. I'm the only one I know, that made a fortune pissin'”
-- Frank Costello -
“A lot of people had to die for me to be me.”
-- Frank Costello
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