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# Charles Brandt

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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 · Page 3

> [“One night Jimmy wasn’t supposed to be coming home and I had a gallon of wine in the window cooling off. Jimmy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/one-night-jimmy-wasn-t-supposed-to-be-coming-home-and-i-had-a-gallon/)

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[Coming home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/coming-home/)

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> [“As I learned the ropes I learned that for many good and sound reasons the bosses and the captains sent a guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-i-learned-the-ropes-i-learned-that-for-many-good-and-sound-reasons/)

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[Friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/friend/)

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> [“But back then we had to amuse ourselves, and fighting seemed to be all we had. Looking back, it was good for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/but-back-then-we-had-to-amuse-ourselves-and-fighting-seemed-to-be-all/)

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[Eighth grade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/eighth-grade/)

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> [“Charlie explained to me that an exploding shell is going to spread its shrapnel on an angle upward. You get down and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/charlie-explained-to-me-that-an-exploding-shell-is-going-to-spread/)

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[Exploding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exploding/)

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> [“One afternoon a bunch of us went downtown to sell our blood for $10 a pint to get some more money to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/one-afternoon-a-bunch-of-us-went-downtown-to-sell-our-blood-for-10-a/)

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[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [“A union is only as strong as its weakest member. Once there is dissension the employer senses it and takes advantage of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/a-union-is-only-as-strong-as-its-weakest-member-once-there-is/)

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[Union](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/union/)

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> [“They started inviting me into the Messina Club at Tenth and Tasker, which is a members-only joint where you get the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-started-inviting-me-into-the-messina-club-at-tenth-and-tasker/)

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

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> [“Russell Bufalino had secret interests in Las Vegas casinos and not-so secret connections to the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, whom Fidel Castro…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-bufalino-had-secret-interests-in-las-vegas-casinos-and-not-so/)

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[Las vegas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/las-vegas/)

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> [“Actually, my attention was on a pretty Irish girl sitting in the stands with the sweetest smile on her face. I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/actually-my-attention-was-on-a-pretty-irish-girl-sitting-in-the/)

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[Irish Girl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/irish-girl-1571895/)

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> [“You see, another thing I didn’t know is that the kangaroo defends itself with its tail. It has an eight-foot tail that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-see-another-thing-i-didn-t-know-is-that-the-kangaroo-defends/)

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[Kangaroo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/kangaroo/)

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> [“As Hoffa put it, “Nobody can describe the sit-down strikes, the riots, the fights that took place in the state of Michigan,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/as-hoffa-put-it-nobody-can-describe-the-sit-down-strikes-the-riots/)

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[Riots](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/riots/)

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> [“I already had my sights set on becoming an International organizer some day. That’s a position at the very top. You worked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-already-had-my-sights-set-on-becoming-an-international-organizer/)

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[Help yourself](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/help-yourself/)

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> [“Bobby Kennedy gave Cheasty a job with the committee at a salary of $5,000 a year. The FBI planted microphones and set…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-gave-cheasty-a-job-with-the-committee-at-a-salary-of-5/)

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

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> [“I went around to four finance companies and borrowed a hundred bucks from each one so we could get married. Then when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-went-around-to-four-finance-companies-and-borrowed-a-hundred-bucks/)

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

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> [“At the end of a workday I still had plenty of energy left to compete against Yank for the neighborhood girls. My…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/at-the-end-of-a-workday-i-still-had-plenty-of-energy-left-to-compete/)

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[Ballroom dance](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ballroom-dance/)

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> [“I worked at Budd Manufacturing where they made auto body parts. It was a slave pit, a real butcher shop. They had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-worked-at-budd-manufacturing-where-they-made-auto-body-parts-it-was/)

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[Decent work](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decent-work/)

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> [“It was different in the sixties when I married my second wife, Irene, and I had my fourth daughter, Connie. By then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/it-was-different-in-the-sixties-when-i-married-my-second-wife-irene/)

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

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> [“The meeting had been called to settle down the potential problems that could have erupted in the wake of the October 1957…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/the-meeting-had-been-called-to-settle-down-the-potential-problems/)

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[Meeting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/meeting/)

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> [“Y-Y-Yeah, and I d-do my own carpentry work, too.” I was embarrassed because I was stammering. “That’s what I wanted to hear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/y-y-yeah-and-i-d-do-my-own-carpentry-work-too-i-was-embarrassed/)

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

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> [“When a reporter asked Bobby Kennedy what he would do if Hoffa were acquitted, Bobby Kennedy, who said he had “never considered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-a-reporter-asked-bobby-kennedy-what-he-would-do-if-hoffa-were/)

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

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> [“It was a problem that needed squaring away and I squared it away for them. By now it seemed like it was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/it-was-a-problem-that-needed-squaring-away-and-i-squared-it-away-for/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [“During the dinner Bill said something to Jimmy I’ll never forget. He said, “I’ve never seen a man walk straight through a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/during-the-dinner-bill-said-something-to-jimmy-i-ll-never-forget-he/)

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

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> [“they wanted the guy left right there on the sidewalk as a message to those who needed to know the guy did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/they-wanted-the-guy-left-right-there-on-the-sidewalk-as-a-message-to-2/)

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[Gunman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gunman-682446/)

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> [“Jimmy liked to control his environment. He didn’t drink, so no one took a drink in his presence. He didn’t smoke, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-liked-to-control-his-environment-he-didn-t-drink-so-no-one-took/)

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

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> [“And under the contract, management couldn’t fire a Teamster unless they had certain grounds. They had none. Stealing was grounds only if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/and-under-the-contract-management-couldn-t-fire-a-teamster-unless/)

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[Management](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/management/)

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> [“When the bets were in Dusty would nod his head and I’d knock the guy out. I don’t know if you’ve ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-the-bets-were-in-dusty-would-nod-his-head-and-i-d-knock-the-guy/)

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

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> [“Pushing money was a natural for me, because I was already pushing football lottery tickets in the White Tower hamburger joints on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/pushing-money-was-a-natural-for-me-because-i-was-already-pushing/)

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[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [“You know, Jimmy’s got records stashed away in case something unnatural happens to him.” “Your friend made one threat too many in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/you-know-jimmy-s-got-records-stashed-away-in-case-something-unnatural/)

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[Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/)

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> [“When he got work my father worked as a steel worker, high up on tall buildings, walking on beams like those Mohawk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/when-he-got-work-my-father-worked-as-a-steel-worker-high-up-on-tall/)

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[Parenting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/parenting/)

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> [“In those days they wanted their money today. Now they want their money yesterday. Half of them today are doing drugs themselves,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/in-those-days-they-wanted-their-money-today-now-they-want-their-money/)

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[Money](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/money/)

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> [“Bobby Kennedy chose the members of the squad himself. He gave the squad a very limited job to do and gave the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/bobby-kennedy-chose-the-members-of-the-squad-himself-he-gave-the/)

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

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> [“Russell had not been coming to Philly just for prosciutto bread and sweet and hot sausage from Roselli’s, not even extra-hot sausage.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-had-not-been-coming-to-philly-just-for-prosciutto-bread-and/)

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

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> [“came out now with one eye on the kangaroo and one eye on the referee. I’m really steaming mad now, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/came-out-now-with-one-eye-on-the-kangaroo-and-one-eye-on-the-referee/)

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[Head Ached](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/head-ached-1234568/)

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> [“these years later and from stirring it up I started having dreams again about the combat, only the dreams were all mixed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/these-years-later-and-from-stirring-it-up-i-started-having-dreams/)

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

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> [“Many a time Russ reached up and pinched my cheek and said, “You should’ve been Italian.” He’s the one named me “The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/many-a-time-russ-reached-up-and-pinched-my-cheek-and-said-you-should/)

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[Italian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/italian/)

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> [“I don’t care how tough you are or how tough you think you are, if they want you you’re theirs. It’s usually…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/i-don-t-care-how-tough-you-are-or-how-tough-you-think-you-are-if-they/)

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[Best friend](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best-friend/)

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> [“Before a battle or a landing, you get a little nervous tension. Once the shooting starts it goes away. You don’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/before-a-battle-or-a-landing-you-get-a-little-nervous-tension-once/)

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[Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/battle/)

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> [“Jimmy looked at me and said, “I think you should stay in Chicago for a while.” And what a town that turned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/jimmy-looked-at-me-and-said-i-think-you-should-stay-in-chicago-for-a/)

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[Chicago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chicago/)

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> [“A couple of weeks later Russell told me that Joey Glimco was Giuseppe Primavera. He had been with Al Capone and was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/a-couple-of-weeks-later-russell-told-me-that-joey-glimco-was-giuseppe/)

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

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> [“Russell had lost the thumb and index finger on his left hand when he was young. He moved the thumb he still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-brandt/russell-had-lost-the-thumb-and-index-finger-on-his-left-hand-when-he/)

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[Dust to dust](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dust-to-dust/)

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## Charles Brandt by topic

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