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"I knew Santino was gonna have to go through all this and Fredo... well, Fredo was... But I never... I never wanted this for you. I worked my whole life — I don't apologize — to take care of my family. And I refused to be a fool dancing on the strings held by all of those big shots. I don't apologize, that's my life. But I always thought that when it was your time, that you would be the one to hold the strings. Senator Corleone, Governor Corleone, something."
— Vito Corleone to his son Michael, The Godfather
"None of us want our children to follow in our footsteps. It's too hard a life."
— Vito Corleone to a meeting of other Mafia dons, The Godfather
"Remember my mistakes! Remember you can change!
Remember that I love you! I'm sorry that I've failed you!
Remember that it's up to you to go and shape your life into one that's worthy of remembering!"
Remember that I love you! I'm sorry that I've failed you!
Remember that it's up to you to go and shape your life into one that's worthy of remembering!"
— Nathan Wallace, Repo! The Genetic Opera
Rooney: There are only murderers in this room! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven.
Sullivan: Michael could.
Rooney: Then do everything that you can to see that that happens.
Sullivan: Michael could.
Rooney: Then do everything that you can to see that that happens.
"My baby never sold nothin' to nobody, never took nothin' from nobody. She's a straight kid. She's going to college."
— Drug lord Bumpy Jonas, Shaft
Live-Action TV
Bear Gerhardt: Need ya to go back to school tomorrow. Dunlop'll drive you.
Charlie Gerhardt: No way.
Bear: It's gonna get inky 'round here for a while, most likely. Can't be worried you're gonna catch a stray.
Charlie: I can help.
Bear: Naw. I promised your ma I'd keep you out of it. Get ya good and educated so you can make something of yourself.
Charlie: I am something already, though, aren't I? A Gerhardt.
Bear: We're not negotiating. This is a top-down decision. Grandma agrees.
Charlie: Uncle Dodd says I-
Bear: Dodd's got nothing to do with it! You're my son. He's got his girls so he decides what happens to them, but you're mine. Like I said, Grandma agrees.
Charlie Gerhardt: No way.
Bear: It's gonna get inky 'round here for a while, most likely. Can't be worried you're gonna catch a stray.
Charlie: I can help.
Bear: Naw. I promised your ma I'd keep you out of it. Get ya good and educated so you can make something of yourself.
Charlie: I am something already, though, aren't I? A Gerhardt.
Bear: We're not negotiating. This is a top-down decision. Grandma agrees.
Charlie: Uncle Dodd says I-
Bear: Dodd's got nothing to do with it! You're my son. He's got his girls so he decides what happens to them, but you're mine. Like I said, Grandma agrees.
— Fargo, "The Myth of Sisyphus"
Wee-Bey: Remember who the fuck you talking to right here. Remember who I am. My word is still my word, in here, in Baltimore, and in any place you could think of calling home, it'll be my word that finds you. Man came down here to say my son can be anything he damn please.
De’Londa: Except a soldier.
Wee-Bey: (snorts, looks around at the prison room) Yeah, well, look at me up in here. Who would want to be that if he could be anything else?
De’Londa: Except a soldier.
Wee-Bey: (snorts, looks around at the prison room) Yeah, well, look at me up in here. Who would want to be that if he could be anything else?
— The Wire
Video Games
"Kolyat, I've taken many bad things out of the galaxy. You're the only good thing I ever added to it."
— Thane Krios to his son, Mass Effect 2
Webcomics
Tarquin: Laurin, if it were your daughter—
Laurin: Hannah is a plumber, thank you, and she thinks I'm just a well-connected interior designer. I do this thing we do so she can have a good life far away from all this.
Laurin: Hannah is a plumber, thank you, and she thinks I'm just a well-connected interior designer. I do this thing we do so she can have a good life far away from all this.
