Nicholas Pileggi Quotes
Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized.Nicholas Pileggi
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I'm organized, but receipts tend to mess up my system. They're barbarians! So I store them in a notepad.
Lake Bell -
Most people figured I'd be in jail. I've been proving people wrong my whole life.
Gary Sheffield -
Who'd have thought the Frisbee would have caught on?
Karl Pilkington -
Caught in the crossfire of a silent scream, where one man's nightmare is another man's dream.
Bryan Adams -
The whole earth is in jail and we're plotting this incredible jailbreak.
Wavy Gravy -
As soon as I got out of jail, as soon as my trial was over, first of all, during the time I was in jail, there was an organization called the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis, and I insisted that it be called National United Committee to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners.
Angela Davis
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The campaign against polygamy, around which a lot of anti-Mormon sentiment was organized, seems horrific to me.
Andrew Solomon -
We are caught in a traffic jam of discursive thought.
Chogyam Trungpa -
Lesbianism, politically organized, is the greatest threat that exists to male supremacy.
Rita Mae Brown -
And don't worry, if I get thrown in jail in Manila, Beyonce will just bail me out. Sold out night 2 in the Philippines. I love it here!
Lady Gaga -
People were threatened, folks was put in jail just because we wanted people to try to register to vote.
Unita Zelma Blackwell -
I'm afraid of a couple things. I'm afraid of getting caught up in other people's expectations, because I feel like that's an ongoing battle.
Jim Gaffigan
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If Mike Tyson is in your courtroom and you don't send him to jail, it's an injustice. Everyone knows he's a bad guy. So if he is in your courtroom, he should go to jail.
Mike Tyson -
Everything must be organized in the most rational way. The state won't accept excessive prices.
Vladimir Putin -
Not feeling compassion for a stranger is like not feeling when one's foot has caught fire.
Confucius -
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
Martin Luther King, Jr. -
If it's illegal to rock and roll, then throw my ass in jail.
Kurt Cobain Nirvana -
I haven't taken an overdose of sleeping pills and called my agent. I haven't been in jail, and I don't go running to the psychiatrist every two minutes. That's something of an accomplishment these days.
Ava Gardner
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All bowmen are caught between heaven and earth, born to discovery, choosing to love and raise their eyes high to a future that is apparent only through the strength of their hope.
David Paul -
It would be great to do a story and get somebody who is innocent out of jail. That's a wonderful thing.
Sarah Koenig -
She's saying that's ok, Hey baby, do what you want I'll be your night lovin' thing I'll be the freak you can taunt And I don't care what you say I want to go too far I'll be your everything If you make me a star...
Michael Jackson -
Never threaten, because a threat is a promise to pay that it isn't always convenient to meet, but if you don't make it good it hurts your credit. Save a threat till you're ready to act, and then you won't need it.
George Horace Lorimer -
It'd be negligent to say that I don't want to be at the top of the charts. Of course I do, it's proof that your song is being heard. But I think it's more about the work for me and being proud of what I'm doing in music than what people think about my music. I want to like my music before you like it. I don't want to sell anything that I don't really like. I don't want to sell myself short just to get to the top of the charts. It doesn't feel that great. Feeling proud of your work feels greater than being at the top of the charts.
Brandy -
Let me tell you something. Nobody goes to jail unless they want to. Unless they make themselves get caught. They don't have things organized.
Nicholas Pileggi