I used to be a great woman. I was somebody once, you know. - Norma Desmond

"I used to be a great woman. I was somebody once, you know."

Norma Desmond Power

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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."

"Power without control is just destruction."

"Power is not about control, it's about influence"

"The world doesn't need me to be the hero. It just needs me to be dangerous."

"The claws come out when I need them to."