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Once in the racket you're always in it.

Al Capone

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Al Capone
Age: 48 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 17
Died: 1947
Died: January 25
Brooklyn
New York
Sunday Albert
Scarface
Alphonse Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone
Racket
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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.
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Capitalism gives all of us a great opportunity if we seize it with both hands and hang on to it.
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Hell must be a pretty swell spot, because the guys that invented religion have sure been trying hard to keep everybody else out.
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They've hung everything on me except the Chicago fire.
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I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for
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I would rather be rich affluent and greedy and go to hell when I die, than live in poverty on this earth.
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I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.
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I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.
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We been on the road for 18 hours... I need a bath, some chow... and then you and me sit down, and we talk about who dies,eh?
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Be careful who you call your friends. I’d rather have four quarters than one hundred pennies.
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I've lost a million and a half on the horses and dice in the last two years. And the funny part is, I still like 'em, and if someone handed me another million I'd put it right in the nose of some horse that looked good to me.
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I got nothing against the honest cop on the beat. You just have them transferred someplace where they can't do you any harm. But don't ever talk to me about the honor of police captains or judges. If they couldn't be bought they wouldn't have the job.
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Public service is my motto.
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It's a racket. Those stock market guys are crooked.
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They can't collect legal taxes from illegal money.
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My rackets are run on strictly American lines and they're going to stay that way.
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Every time a boy falls off a tricycle, every time a black cat has gray kittens, every time someone stubs a toe, every time there's a murder or a fire or the marines land in Nicaragua, the police and the newspapers holler 'get Capone.'
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Don't you get the idea I'm one of those goddam radicals. Don't get the idea I'm knocking the American system.
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All I ever did was supply a demand that was pretty popular.
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In this life all that I have is my word and my balls and I do not break them for nobody.
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