I've been thinking. Tomorrow it will be 28 years to the day that I've been in the service....
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Colonel Nicholson:
[looks at the completed bridge]
I've been thinking. Tomorrow it will be 28 years to the day that I've been in the service. 28 years in peace and war. I don't suppose I've been at home more than 10 months in all that time. Still, it's been a good life. I loved India. I wouldn't have had it any other way. But there are times... when suddenly you realize you're nearer the end than the beginning. And you wonder, you ask yourself, what the sum total of your life represents. What difference your being there at any time made to anything - or if it made any difference at all, really. Particularly in comparison with other men's careers. I don't know whether that kind of thinking's very healthy, but I must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines from time to time. But tonight... tonight!
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I've been thinking
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Tomorrow it will be 28 years to the day that l've been in the service
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Twenty eight years in peace and war
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I haven't been at home more than 1 0 months in all that time
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Still it's been a good life
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I love lndia
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I wouldn't have had it any other way
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But there are times
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when suddenly you realize you are nearer the end than the beginning
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And you wonder
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You ask yourself
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what the sum total of your life represents
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what difference your being there at any time made to anything
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or if it made any difference at all really
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Particularly in comparison with other men's careers
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I don't know whether that kind of thinking's healthy
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but l must admit I've had some thoughts on those lines
Clip duration: 72 seconds
Views: 306
Timestamp in movie: 02h 08m 55s
Uploaded: 23 November, 2022
Genres: adventure, drama, war
Summary: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
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00:20 I hate the British
00:18 You give me powders
00:08 I can think of a lot of things to call Saito
00:12 Do not speak to me of rules
00:07 All work and no play make Jack a dull boy
01:05 It is quite understandable
00:36 It's most annoying
00:17 We'll show them what the British soldier is capable of...
00:20 I belong to a rather rum group called Force 316
00:29 Jennings has a plan
01:13 English prisoners
00:26 One day the war will be over
00:32 A word to you about escape
00:17 You intend to uphold the letter of the law
01:06 You can't stand much more of this
00:26 You were an accountant in Montreal
00:19 But there's the challenge
00:15 Jolly good show
00:17 You're terribly sorry
00:05 I thought you were the enemy