“Don't placate me like I'm your mother, boy.” – Colonel Frank Fitts, American Beauty ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from American Beauty 1999

Colonel Frank Fitts

Don't placate me like I'm your mother, boy.

Ricky

Excuse me for speaking so bluntly sir. But those **** make me want to puke my **** guts out.

Colonel Frank Fitts

[cautiously, after a long pause]

Well, me too son. Me too.

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