"I read a column by George Will that SCARFACE should be rated X because parents were taking their children to see it. So what? Why should the motion-picture industry be responsible for our morality? Dad says to Mom, `SCARFACE is in town.' `What's it about?' `Human scum who kill each other over cocaine deals.' `Sounds great! Let's take the kids!'"

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Source : Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee

Ian Shoales

#Mom Quotes #Children Quotes #Dad Quotes

“I always used to say when I was on television that I prefer to be on stage and when on stage I prefer to do television. Typical human condition.”
“Motors that are vulnerable to shorting out because of snow ingestion should have snow filters installed over air intakes, and spare motors should be ready to replace any failed motors.”
“Every man and woman who has talent and hides it will be called a slothful servant. Improve day by day upon the capital you have. In proportion as we are capacitated to receive, so it is our duty to do.”
“There is a peacefulness, an air of reflection, about a rocking-chair that attaches to no other moving object ...”
“With each passing year, because of advances in computer technology, there are more things, each more sophisticated, that we aren't allowed to do any more.”
“Conway Twitty was always our local hero while I was growing up. He had a series of good bands. I wanted to sit in, if Conway would let me. And he did a couple of times.”
“What do I haveto help me, without spell or prayer,endure this hour, endless, heartless, anonymous,the death of love?”
“I always feel uncomfortable at parties, and I'm often nervous when talking to strangers. I don't think this makes me feel special. Maybe everybody feels this way.”

Source : Source: www.esquire.com

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