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Lorenzo Carcaterra

"Gangsters live for the action. The closer to death, the nearer to the heated coil of the moment, the more alive they feel. Most would rather succumb to a barrage of bullets from a roomful of sworn enemies than to the debilitation of old age, dying the death of the feeble. A gangster becomes as addicted to the thrill of the battle and the potential to die in the midst of it as he does to he more attractive lures in his path. In his world, the potential for death exists every day. The better gangsters don't shy away from such a dreaded possibility but rather find comfort in its proximity."

Source : Lorenzo Carcaterra (2002). “Gangster”, p.93, Ballantine Books

Lorenzo Carcaterra

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“Please stop using the word "Negro."... We are the only human beings in the world with fifty-seven variety of complexions who are classed together as a single racial unit. Therefore, we are really truly colored people, and that is the only name in the English language which accurately describes us.”
“I hope to keep entertaining in some way until I can't physically entertain any longer. It's what I was born to do, and I love this profession.”
“I like to protect children. I mean, there's nothing wrong with having adult programming for mature adults that can selectively decide what they want to watch and what they don't want to watch.”
“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.”

Source : David Viscott (2003). “Finding Your Strength in Difficult Times”, McGraw Hill Professional
“I spend money on war because it is necessary, but to spend it on science, that is pleasant to me. This object costs no tears; it is an honour to humanity”
“I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away.”
“The survival of democracy depends on the renunciation of violence and the development of nonviolent means to combat evil and advance the good.”
“You get pseudo-order when you seek order; you only get a measure of order and control when you embrace randomness.”

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