"Celebrated in the Bob Dylan ballad 'Joey,' Crazy Joe Gallo was a charismatic beatnik gangster whose forays into Greenwich Village in the 1960s inspired his bloody revolution against the Mafia."

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Source : "Gangster Chic: Joey Gallo" by Tom Folsom, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 17, 2009.

Tom Folsom

#Crazy Quotes #Mafia Quotes #Village Quotes

“Come into my lap and sit in the center of your soul. Drink the living waters of memory and give birth to yourself. What you unearth with stun you. You will paint the walls of this cave in thanksgiving.”
“As a youngster, I played in Little League, Pony League, and all sorts of amateur baseball programs growing up.”
“It is my vision that we all will dedicate the next decade to achieve universal literacy and education for all children, especially for girls. More than 145 million of the world's children are deprived of education due to poverty, exploitation, slavery, gender discrimination, religious extremism, and corrupt governments. May Three Cups of Tea be a catalyst to bring the gift of literacy to each of those children who deserves a chance to go to school.”
“Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon, or where it had essentially become an extension of the government, like in Iraq, people tend to see a journalist as an agent of his or her government. That can be dangerous if the United States military is occupying their country, or aligned with their enemies.”
“Years ago when DNA was going on, I produced a record in Italy but I didn't think I'd do another one.”
“Its haunting to realize that half of the languages of the world are teetering on the brink of extinction.”
“I want more from life than that and I have more to give.”
“Since one never knows what will be the line of advance, it is always most rash to condemn what is not quite in the fashion of the moment.”

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