The public wanted me to be a certain way, and so I became th... - Norma Desmond

"The public wanted me to be a certain way, and so I became that way."

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"I am big. It's the pictures that got small."

"Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount pictures."

"I don't go out much anymore. I just sit in my room and watch the old pictures."

"The dream was always stronger than the life."

"Lucy, you got some 'splainin' to do!"

"You must always be honest with the people you love."

"Truth always comes out in the end."

"Honesty is always the best policy."