A Quote by Mort Sahl
I used to go to two movies every week for the Saturday matinee when I was a kid.
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I have to always go back to Tim Horton's, it's my favorite spot. I remember growing up as a kid - my mom, every Saturday morning she'd go the hairdresser and she'd give me two dollars to go buy donuts.
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That's basically what I did every weekend when I was a kid, just go and see two movies per weekend.
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Football games are on TV, and it doesn't affect stadium attendance at all. It's the same with movies. People who really love movies and like to go out on a Saturday night will go to the movie theater.
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