"If you're part of a crew, nobody ever tells you that they're going to kill you, doesn't happen that way. There weren't any arguments or curses like in the movies. See, your murderers come with smiles, they come as your friends, the people who've cared for you all of your life. And they always seem to come at a time that you're at your weakest and most in need of their help."

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Source: Henry Holmes Smith, James Enyeart (1986). “Henry Holmes Smith: collected writings 1935-1985”, Center for Creative Photography

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Henry Hill

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Henry Hill was a former mobster whose life inspired the book 'Wiseguy', exploring themes of crime and loyalty.

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"At the age of 12 my ambition was to become a gangster. To be a wiseguy. Being a wiseguy was better than being President of the United States. To be a wiseguy was to own the world."

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