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(visiting Billie in jail after John is killed) "I put my ear next to his mouth and what I think he said was this -- he said, tell Billie for me, 'Bye, bye blackbird.'"
- FBI agent,
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(asking for more money from a Senate committee member who dresses him down) "Well I will not be judged by a kangaroo court of venal politicians."
- J. Edgar Hoover,
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(talking to his jailer who says he knows him) "My friends call me John but a son of a bitch screw like you better refer to me as Mr. John Dillinger."
- John Dillinger,
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(trying to woo Billie Frechette) "I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars and you. What else do you need to know?"
- John Dillinger,
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(bragging to his cohorts about the cops) "They ain't tough enough, smart enough or fast enough. I can hit any bank I want, any time."
- John Dillinger,
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(in jail being told that they are going to move him to Indiana) "There is absolutely nothing I want to do in Indiana."
- John Dillinger,
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(to his men, while getting ready to leave his hideout) "Let's go to Chicago and make some money."
- John Dillinger,
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(as he's robbing a bank, to a customer who has taken out his money) "Put it away. I'm not here for your money. I'm here for the bank's money."
- John Dillinger,
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(talking over a new heist with another gangster who ask him what his future plans are) "We're having too good a time today, we ain't thinking about tomorrow."
- John Dillinger,
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(trying to win over Billie Frechette who tells him she hasn't been anyplace) "Some of the places I've been weren't so hot. Where I'm going is a whole lot better. Want to come along?"
- John Dillinger,
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(answering a reporter's question about Dillinger being a lot tougher and smarter than the FBI) "We will get him! We have two things that Dillinger does not. The Bureau's modern techniques of fighting crime scientifically and the visionary leadership of our Director, J. Edgar Hoover."
- Melvin Purvis,
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