“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen...” – Urgayle, G.I. Jane ... Movie Quotes Database

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A scene from G.I. Jane 1997

Urgayle Viggo Mortensen

[quoting "Self-Pity" by D.H. Lawrence]

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.

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