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# Charles Brandt

 **185** quotes in **182** categories

Charles Brandt describes a sudden fight where he breaks a man's jaw and gets expelled on the spot. He recounts the rough world of street crews, contracts that protect workers, and the strange loyalty that can turn friends into attackers. He also mentions simple moments like picnics at an amusement park.

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Charles Brandt was an American investigator, lawyer, writer and speaker who authored the memoir I Heard You Paint Houses about Frank Sheeran, which became the 2019 film The Irishman.

## About Charles Brandt

The memoir is a narrative non‑fiction account of Frank Sheeran. The Irishman was directed by Martin Scorsese and starred Robert De Niro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci.

##  Quotes by Charles Brandt

> [“My father, Tom Sheeran, would borrow a big old clumsy car with a running board.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/my-father-tom-sheeran-would-borrow-a-big-old-clumsy-car-with-a/)

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[Father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father/)

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> [“impatient. I had to do things the Army’s way: hurry up and wait.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/impatient-i-had-to-do-things-the-army-s-way-hurry-up-and-wait/)

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[Hurry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hurry/)

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> [“By coincidence I ran into my kid brother, Tom, on the dock in Le Havre, France, in October 1945.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/by-coincidence-i-ran-into-my-kid-brother-tom-on-the-dock-in-le-havre/)

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[Brother](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brother/)

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> [“Russ quit smoking on a bet with Jimmy Blue Eyes,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russ-quit-smoking-on-a-bet-with-jimmy-blue-eyes/)

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[Quit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/quit/)

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> [“We hung up and I thought, boy, he’s a speaker. For a minute there, I thought it was Patton.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/we-hung-up-and-i-thought-boy-he-s-a-speaker-for-a-minute-there-i/)

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[Speaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/speaker/)

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> [“I’ll have an Irish banquet waiting for you — a bottle of Guinness and a bologna sandwich.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-ll-have-an-irish-banquet-waiting-for-you-a-bottle-of-guinness-and-a/)

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[Guinness](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/guinness/)

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> [“Nunz and Sammy were good people. I never cared for Pro himself. He’d kill you for nothing. One time he had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/nunz-and-sammy-were-good-people-i-never-cared-for-pro-himself-he-d/)

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[Good people](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-people/)

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> [“I was starting to get groggy from drinking all day, selling my blood, and getting whacked on the back of the head.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-was-starting-to-get-groggy-from-drinking-all-day-selling-my-blood/)

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[Selling Blood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/selling-blood-1424808/)

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> [“That’s how it worked in theory, but in reality nearly everybody was in on the deal and got a little piece of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/that-s-how-it-worked-in-theory-but-in-reality-nearly-everybody-was-in/)

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[Theory Reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/theory-reality-1086347/)

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> [“I put the coffee and Sambuca up to my nose. The licorice didn’t smell strong enough against the smell of the coffee…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-put-the-coffee-and-sambuca-up-to-my-nose-the-licorice-didn-t-smell/)

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[Coffee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coffee/)

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> [“I told him about the macaroni hanging out on the line like laundry to dry on Sunday in Catania. Sometimes he’d invite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-told-him-about-the-macaroni-hanging-out-on-the-line-like-laundry-to/)

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[Food](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/food/)

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> [“At one point Hoffa told Bobby Kennedy regarding the tapes, “To the best of my recollection, I must recall on my memory,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/at-one-point-hoffa-told-bobby-kennedy-regarding-the-tapes-to-the-best/)

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[Bobby kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bobby-kennedy/)

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> [“Then one day this guy, Whispers DiTullio, came over to my table at the Bocce Club and bought me a glass of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/then-one-day-this-guy-whispers-ditullio-came-over-to-my-table-at-the/)

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[Wine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wine/)

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> [“Our goal was Munich in Bavaria in southern Germany, the town where Hitler had gotten his start in a beer hall. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/our-goal-was-munich-in-bavaria-in-southern-germany-the-town-where/)

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[Concentration camp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/concentration-camp/)

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> [“first heard the song “Tuxedo Junction” in 1941. I was an MP in Colorado, pulling guard duty at Lowry Field for the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/first-heard-the-song-tuxedo-junction-in-1941-i-was-an-mp-in-colorado/)

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[Song](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/song/)

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> [“I went over to Jersey and talked to the guy. I told him not to be cutting somebody else’s grass, to cut…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-went-over-to-jersey-and-talked-to-the-guy-i-told-him-not-to-be/)

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[Told Cutting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/told-cutting-789783/)

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> [“Only in the movies or comic books do people say they want you to go and hit somebody. All they ever say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/only-in-the-movies-or-comic-books-do-people-say-they-want-you-to-go/)

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[Books](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/books/)

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> [“If you were AWOL when your company was going back into combat you might as well keep going because your own officers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/if-you-were-awol-when-your-company-was-going-back-into-combat-you/)

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[Business](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business/)

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> [“Ten days after Hoffa took the oath of office in 1957, the AFL-CIO kicked out the Teamsters, saying that they could get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/ten-days-after-hoffa-took-the-oath-of-office-in-1957-the-afl-cio/)

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[Jimmy hoffa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jimmy-hoffa/)

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> [“One of my earliest childhood memories is getting birdshot picked out of my backside by my mother, Mary. My mother would say,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/one-of-my-earliest-childhood-memories-is-getting-birdshot-picked-out/)

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[Childhood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/childhood/)

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> [“The Sicilian people were very friendly. Once we drove the Germans out I got to see Catania, where every house had homemade…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-sicilian-people-were-very-friendly-once-we-drove-the-germans-out/)

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[Sicilian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sicilian/)

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> [“Between the second and third rounds I asked my buddies what the hell was going on. “Who’s hitting me on the head?”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/between-the-second-and-third-rounds-i-asked-my-buddies-what-the-hell/)

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[Said Fight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-fight-1342692/)

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> [“The Teamsters pension fund organized by Hoffa almost immediately became a source of loans to the national crime syndicate known to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-teamsters-pension-fund-organized-by-hoffa-almost-immediately/)

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[Atlantic city](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atlantic-city/)

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> [“feel very bad about it now. I wasn’t an abusive father, but I started getting a little neglectful, and Mary was too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/feel-very-bad-about-it-now-i-wasn-t-an-abusive-father-but-i-started/)

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[Abusive father](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abusive-father/)

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> [“I think you’re born with the ability to hit. Rocky Marciano didn’t start boxing until after the war when he was already…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-think-you-re-born-with-the-ability-to-hit-rocky-marciano-didn-t/)

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[Boxing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boxing/)

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> [“The Army gives you $100 a month for three months. The men who didn’t go seem to have all the good jobs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-army-gives-you-100-a-month-for-three-months-the-men-who-didn-t-go/)

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[Army](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/army/)

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> [“People in those days didn’t display affection like they do today. I’m still learning how to be affectionate to my grandchildren. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/people-in-those-days-didn-t-display-affection-like-they-do-today-i-m/)

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[Grandchildren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grandchildren/)

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> [“Later that same year John F. Kennedy was elected president by a thin margin. The first thing he did was appoint his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/later-that-same-year-john-f-kennedy-was-elected-president-by-a-thin/)

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[American history](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-history/)

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> [“Now a kangaroo has short arms, so I’m figuring I’ll knock his ass out. They put gloves on me and I start…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/now-a-kangaroo-has-short-arms-so-i-m-figuring-i-ll-knock-his-ass-out/)

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[Old man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/old-man/)

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> [“We couldn’t afford our own place in the beginning, and so like most of our friends we lived with her parents to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/we-couldn-t-afford-our-own-place-in-the-beginning-and-so-like-most-of/)

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[Friendship](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friendship/)

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> [“Sometime in the fifties I remember seeing On the Waterfront in the movies with Mary and thinking that I’m at least as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/sometime-in-the-fifties-i-remember-seeing-on-the-waterfront-in-the-2/)

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[Gangsters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gangsters/)

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> [“Many a morning I found myself waking up in America and being surprised to find myself in a bed. I had been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/many-a-morning-i-found-myself-waking-up-in-america-and-being/)

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[Every day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/every-day/)

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> [“Jimmy had a loyal supporter in Puerto Rico named Frank Chavez. But however, Frank Chavez was a definite troublemaker. He was very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-had-a-loyal-supporter-in-puerto-rico-named-frank-chavez-but/)

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[Bad thing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad-thing/)

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> [“The jury was composed of eight blacks and four whites. Hoffa and his attorney, the legendary Edward Bennett Williams, struck only white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-jury-was-composed-of-eight-blacks-and-four-whites-hoffa-and-his/)

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[Jimmy hoffa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/jimmy-hoffa/)

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> [“The jury hung at eleven to one. Promptly a new jury was impaneled. During the second trial a member of the jury…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-jury-hung-at-eleven-to-one-promptly-a-new-jury-was-impaneled/)

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[Bobby kennedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bobby-kennedy/)

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> [“They had steam heat in the school. The heat came from radiators and we’d have to wait for them to warm up.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-had-steam-heat-in-the-school-the-heat-came-from-radiators-and-we/)

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[Boxing gloves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boxing-gloves/)

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> [“Perhaps Bufalino’s closest friend was Philadelphia crime boss Angelo Bruno. Law enforcement referred to Bufalino as “the quiet Don Rosario”; Bruno was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/perhaps-bufalino-s-closest-friend-was-philadelphia-crime-boss-angelo/)

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[Christmas card](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christmas-card/)

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> [“Jimmy Hoffa’s first notoriety in union work was as the leader of a successful strike by the “Strawberry Boys.” He became identified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-hoffa-s-first-notoriety-in-union-work-was-as-the-leader-of-a/)

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[American history](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-history/)

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> [“There were only two things that mattered in his life: the union and his family. Believe it or not, as strong as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/there-were-only-two-things-that-mattered-in-his-life-the-union-and/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“Bobby Kennedy called Jimmy Hoffa “the most powerful man in the country next to the president.” Part”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-called-jimmy-hoffa-the-most-powerful-man-in-the-country/)

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## Charles Brandt by topic

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                        "text": "“Sometime in the fifties I remember seeing On the Waterfront in the movies with Mary and thinking that I’m at least as bad as that Marlon Brando character and that some day I’d like to get in union work. The Teamsters gave me good job security at Food Fair. They could only fire you if they caught you stealing. Let me put it another way, they could only fire you if they caught you stealing and they could prove it. • chapter eight • Russell Bufalino In 1957 the mob came out of the closet. It came out unwillingly, but out it came. Before 1957 reasonable men could differ over whether an organized network of gangsters existed in America. For years FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had assured America that no such organization existed, and he deployed the FBI’s greatest resources to investigate suspected Communists. But as a result of the publicity foisted on the mob in 1957, even Hoover came on board. The organization was dubbed “La Cosa Nostra,” meaning “this thing of ours,” a term heard on government wiretaps. Ironically,”",
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