For most of the guys, killings got to be accepted. Murder was the only way that everybody stayed in line. You got out of line, you got whacked. Everybody knew the rules.
Nicholas PileggiI know there are women, like my best friends, who would have gotten out of there the minute their boyfriend gave them a gun to hide. But I didn't. I got to admit the truth. It turned me on.
Nicholas PileggiLet me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized.
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