Boys Town (1938)
Spencer Tracy: Father Flanagan
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Quotes
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Dan Farrow : [panicky, about to die in the electric chair] How much time have I got, Father?
Father Edward J. Flanagan : Eternity begins in forty-five minutes, Dan.
Dan Farrow : What happens then?
Father Edward J. Flanagan : Oh, a bad minute or two.
Dan Farrow : And after that?
Father Edward J. Flanagan : Well, Dan, that's a question that scientists and philosophers have been asking for a million years.
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Father Edward J. Flanagan : I know that a mother can take a whip to the toughest boy in the world, and he forgets it because he knows that she loves him.
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Father Edward J. Flanagan : There is no such thing as a bad boy.