How sick one gets of being good, how much I should respect myself if I could burst out and make everyone wretched for twenty-four hours embody selfishness. – Alice James
One has a greater sense of degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience. – Alice James
It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon. – Alice James
The success or failure of a life, as far as posterity goes, seems to lie in the more or less luck of seizing the right moment of escape. – Alice James
The territorial state is such an ancient form of society – here in Europe it dates back thousands of years – that it is now protected by the sanctity of age and the glory of tradition. A strong religious feeling mingles with the respect and the devotion to the fatherland. – Christian Lous Lange
Im pretty upfront about my love and admiration for the military. One of the perks of making movies is that you get to sort of follow your own passions, and I believe quite passionately that we dont pay enough attention and respect to our veterans. Not just our wounded veterans, but all veterans. – Peter Berg