#mafia

At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia. ↗

— Philip Zimbardo

#down #everyone #get #high #high school

Popular culture tells you that schools and parents don't know what's going on, the police are dogs, politicians are all liars and scum, and any crime that's not committed by the Mafia is done by the CIA. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#cia #committed #crime #culture #dogs

Desperation is like stealing from the Mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention. ↗

— Douglas Horton

#attracting #chance #desperation #good #good chance

The same liberty that protects me also protects members of the Mafia. ↗

— Barbara Amiel

#liberty #mafia #me #members #protects