Mickey Cohen quotes
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“I'm not an educated man, but I've read some history. Every kingdom comes up bloody. Every castle is built on a pile of bones. When I came out here, LA was nothing. Back east I was a gangster, out here I'm god.”
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“I have killed no men, that, in the first place, didn't deserve killing”
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“I started rooting - you know, sticking up joints - with some older guys. By now I had gotten a taste of what the racket world really was - the glamour, the way they dressed, the way they always had a pocketful of money.”
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“I got a kick out of having a big bankroll in my pocket. Even if I only made a couple hundred dollars, I'd always keep it in fives and tens so it'd look big.”
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“Mickey Cohen: New York, its like being a rat in a maze, everyone living on top of each other, but out here, I can breathe. I love Los Angeles.”
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“All good things must one day be burnt to the ground for the insurance money.”
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“I never killed a guy who didn't deserve it.”
-- Mickey Cohen
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