A lesson in Italian American history (and most immigrants) from Tony Soprano.
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The truth hurts, but if you accept it, it will set you free
“Excuse me, let me tell you something... When America opened up the floodgates and let all us Italians in, what do you think they were doing it for? 'Cause they were trying to save us from poverty? No, they did it because they needed us. They needed us to build their cities and dig their subways, and to make them richer. The Carnegies and The Rockerfellers: they needed worker bees and there we were. But some of us didn't want to swarm around their hive and lose who we were. We wanted to stay Italian and preserve the things that meant something to us: honor and family and loyalty... and some of us wanted a piece of the action. Now we weren't educated like the Americans, but we had the BALLS to take what we wanted! And those other folks, those other... the, the JP Morgans, they were crooks and killers too, but that was the business right? The American Way.”
~ Anthony John Soprano aka Tony Soprano.
~ Portrayed by James Gandolfini in the HBO television drama series The Sopranos
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jMn0XBtKIB…
~ Anthony John Soprano aka Tony Soprano.
~ Portrayed by James Gandolfini in the HBO television drama series The Sopranos
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jMn0XBtKIB…
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Pragmatically speaking, quotations can also be used as language games (in the Wittgensteinian sense of the term) to manipulate social order and the structure of society
“Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language.”
~ Ludwig Wittgenstein
~ Austrian-British philosopher
~ Born: April 26, 1889, Vienna, Austria
~ Died: April 29, 1951, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Ludwig said it all...
Kay Adams : Do you know how naive you sound, Michael? Presidents and senators don't have men killed.
Michael Corleone: Oh. Who's being naive, Kay?
~ from the movie The Godfather (1972)
“When America opened up the floodgates and let all us Italians in, what do you think they were doing it for?
Cause they were trying to save us from poverty?
No, they did it because they needed us.
They needed us to build their cities and dig their subways, and to make them richer.
The Carnegies and The Rockerfellers: they needed worker bees and there we were…
…the JP Morgans, they were crooks and killers too, but that was the business right?
The American Way.”
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