Paul Castellano
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"Costantino Paul "Big Paul" Castellano" (pronounced cas-tel-LAH-noh) (June 26, 1915 – December 16, 1985), also known as "The Howard Hughes of the Mob" and "Big Paulie" (or "PC" to his family), succeeded Carlo Gambino as head of the Gambino crime family, the nation's largest Cosa Nostra family at the time. The unsanctioned assassination of Castellano by John Gotti would spark years of animosity between the Gambinos and the other New York crime families.

His nephew was actor Richard S. Castellano from The Godfather.

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There are certain promises you make that are more sacred than anything that happens in a court of law, I don't care how many Bibles you put your hand on.

We're not children here. The law is-how should I put it? A convenience. Or a convenience for some people, and an inconvenience for other people.

For the most part, people who work until late in the evening don't want to come home and prepare a meal. They like the idea of coming in and getting a nice home-cooked meal, and it's a lot less expensive than going out to dinner.