Michael: Barzini will set me up through somebody close... that, supposedly, I won't suspect. Hagen: Somebody like me. Michael: You're Irish, they won't trust you. Hagen: I'm German-American. Michael: To them that's Irish.
Mario PuzoGod seemed to be having a hard time killing him, and he'd be damned if he was going to make the job easy for mere mortals
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