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Quote from Sam in The Last Picture Show

Rebecca: You know, Gus, I- I think what the problem is here that you are just being a little too hard on us.
Gus O'Malley: Well, thank you very much, Miss Howe, for telling me that I have to pussyfoot around my employees. Incidentally, in my day, a woman in the public eye made it her business to look as attractive as possible. What? Have they stopped making lipstick? Am I that old?
Sam: Come on, Gus. Gus, what are you doing, man? You can't talk to them like this, damn it. These are my employees. They're my friends, too. I trained them, and I'm gonna stand by them.
Gus O'Malley: You people are the most thoughtless, lazy bunch of slobs I've ever had the misfortune to know in my entire life! How do you expect to serve the public? You people have taken the good name of Cheers a name I worked so hard to build up and you've turned it into garbage. And if you think I'm a hard worker, you should've known the guy that owned this place before me. He collapsed and died right here in this bar, right there where you're standing this minute! [Sam takes a step back] I realize that I cannot fire the lot of you just because you disgust me. So I'm gonna do the next best thing, and I'm gonna walk out of here. Now, you can have your apron, and you can have your damn bar! [exits then turns back] Sam? Boy, tonight was the most fun I've had in 20 years. Oh, I thank you, all of you, so very, very much. Listen, if you people are ever in Arizona, you got a place to stay. Oh, wait, wait, wait, whoa, whoa, wait a minute here. Here. This is tonight's receipts, you see? The- The cash drawer was full, and that's what's- What's left over. Good night, Sam. Good night, ladies. Good night, Cheers. [exits]
Sam: All right, all right, all right! Okay, let's get a move on. Let's get a move on. I want to see your butts moving, not your lips! Come on! Move it! Move it! Move it! Move it! Move it!

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