“When one is young, one venerates and despises without that art of nuances which constitutes the best gain of life.”
—F. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, §31 (excerpt).
—F. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, §31 (excerpt).
Policemen standing outside of the Umberto Clam House after “Crazy Joe” Gallo was found shot to death at his birthday meal.
When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to make a hit on the notorious gangster Joe Gallo at the Umberto Clam House, Sheeran recalled, “I didn’t know who Russ had in mind, but he needed a favor and that was that. They didn’t give you much advance notice. I don’t look like a mafia shooter. None of these Little Italy people or Crazy Joe and his people had ever seen me before.”
When Bufalino ordered Sheeran to make a hit on the notorious gangster Joe Gallo at the Umberto Clam House, Sheeran recalled, “I didn’t know who Russ had in mind, but he needed a favor and that was that. They didn’t give you much advance notice. I don’t look like a mafia shooter. None of these Little Italy people or Crazy Joe and his people had ever seen me before.”
“Bless you prison, bless you for being in my life. For there, lying upon the rotting prison straw, I came to realize that the object of life is not prosperity as we are made to believe, but the maturity of the human soul.”
- Aleksandr Isaevič Solženicyn
- Aleksandr Isaevič Solženicyn
“One should test oneself to see if one is destined for independence and command, and to do it at the right time. One should not dodge one’s own tests, though they may be the most dangerous game one could play, and should be taken before no witness or judge but oneself. One must know how to conserve oneself, for it is the hardest test of independence.”
—F. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, §41 (edited excerpt).
—F. Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, §41 (edited excerpt).