From Here to Eternity
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1:11:00
Why's it funny if a guy
wants to marry you?

1:11:04
Because I'm a girl you met
at the New Congress Club.

1:11:07
That's about two steps
up from the pavement.

1:11:09
Well, what am I?
I'm a private, no-class dogface.

1:11:13
The way most civilians look at that,
that's two steps up from nothing.

1:11:19
Prew, I thought we were happy.
1:11:21
Why do you want to spoil things?
1:11:23
Look, I've got a year to go
before I re-enlist.

1:11:27
If I can swing sergeant's stripes by then,
they'll let me go back to the States.

1:11:31
We can go back together...
1:11:32
...if you'll wait.
1:11:34
How do you expect to become a sergeant
under Captain Holmes?

1:11:37
It's all you can do
to keep out of the stockade.

1:11:42
I'll fight.
1:11:44
You're not gonna fight.
1:11:45
It'd be worth it.
1:11:51
Prew, it's true we love each other now.
1:11:56
We need each other.
1:11:58
But back in the States
it might be different.

1:12:02
That ain't the real reason.
1:12:07
-All right, it's not.
-What is the real reason?

1:12:12
I won't marry you because
I don't want to be the wife of a soldier.

1:12:21
Well, that would be about the best
I could ever do for you.

1:12:28
Because nobody's going to stop me
from my plan. Nobody, nothing.

1:12:32
Because I want to be proper.
1:12:34
''Proper''?
1:12:35
Yes, proper.
1:12:38
In another year,
I'll have enough money saved.

1:12:41
I'll go back to my hometown in Oregon.
1:12:43
I'll build a house for my mother and myself.
1:12:45
Join the country club and take up golf.
1:12:49
I'll meet the proper man
with the proper position.

1:12:53
I'll make a proper wife
who can run a proper home.

1:12:55
Raise proper children.
1:12:58
I'll be happy because when you're proper,
you're safe.


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