"Never rat on your friends and always keep your mouth shut." -Jimmy Conway, Good Fellas. This really is great advice. If you don't agree with your friend, take it up with them, but your job as a friend is to keep your mouth shut and be there for them. You don't backstab them by running your mouth to others about their business. If I have learned anything about what a friend's role is, it is to be supportive and to provide a safe haven. There are other people to fill the judgmental roles, like priests and moms.
"A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man."-Don Corleone, The Godfather. This is so true. Period.
"Never let anyone outside the family know what you're thinking."-The Godfather, Don Corleone. I really didn't talk about my marriage with anyone in my family, nor my friends, because I knew that the second I did, it would not be mendable. I always knew the second that I did, that it was over in my heart and that's because I protect my relationships and I am loyal to the person I am with. You have to make sure that you know what the hell you're doing before listening to others' opinions about your life, and if you don't know and you really need the support of others, be prepared to use all of your brainpower deciphering between the information while not being influenced and trying to hear your inner-voice. You're very vulnerable and weak, and sometimes the wrong people can sense it and pounce on you. It's best to think before opening your mouth.
Brothers protect their sisters. (Sonny and Connie.) I am so glad I have a brother. I remember one night I went to this All-Star game VIP party. It was in 2003 I think. Anyway, the game was in Milwaukee and Ashli and I were on the guest list. We met Derek Jeter and A-Rod and Alfonzo Soriano, some other people that I had no idea existed. We went to an after party, so we weren't home by the time my brother and our boyfriends thought we would be. When we got home at 3 am, all three of them were sleeping on the porch; they had been waiting for us. My brother had driven up to where the party was to check the list and see if we were there. He was worried. There have been many instances where my brother has had to restrain himself from being crazy like Sonny and I feel bad about it. Between me and my sister.....he didn't exactly get wallflowers, which means he's had to be that much more protective. The funny thing is that I never know that he has done anything on my behalf until years later.
"When you love someone, you've gotta trust them. There's no other way. You've got to give them the key to everything that's yours. Otherwise, what's the point?"-Ace Rothstein, Casino. Very true.
You can't make a coked-up whore a housewife. (Casino.) I always feel so bad for Robert DeNiro in this movie. He loved this tramp so much and he went against his gut. Kind of a bad idea, but love makes you nuts.
There isn't anything to learn from Scarface except that you can buy guns and coke and say the F word a lot with some money. Oh, and a tiger and Michelle Pfeiffer.
Leave the gun, take the cannoli. -The Godfather. I don't know when I will ever be in a situation where this advice will be useful, but hey, you never know. Maybe one day I'll shoot guns and eat pastries.
That people will claw and scratch to save their own asses if they have to. I love "The Departed" but every time I watch it, I nibble my nails the whole time and cringe. It actually stresses me out, but it's so good. AND, Frank Costello is one of the funniest characters there is...."One of us had to die. With me, it tends to be the other guy." Ha.
That I can say "What, funny like how, like a clown? I'm here to amuse you?" and it never really gets old.
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