Sunset Boulevard

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Quotes from Sunset Boulevard

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"Success demands a sacrifice of the soul."
Norma Desmond Success
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"I've paid the price for beauty."
Norma Desmond Beauty
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"Youth is wasted on those who have it."
Norma Desmond Life
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"The camera was my confidant."
Norma Desmond Relationships
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"I've learned that nothing lasts in this business."
Norma Desmond Wisdom
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"Love is a dangerous luxury."
Norma Desmond Love
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"I am my own creation, perfected."
Norma Desmond Creativity
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"A true artist never truly dies."
Norma Desmond Art
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"They promised me forever. They lied."
Norma Desmond Truth
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"I've been sleeping for years, waiting to wake."
Norma Desmond Hope
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"The past never really leaves you."
Norma Desmond Time
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"What good is a star if no one is watching?"
Norma Desmond Success
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"I understood the value of silence."
Norma Desmond Peace
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"Betrayal comes from those closest to you."
Norma Desmond Relationships
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"New pictures? I don't need new pictures. I am the picture."
Norma Desmond Art
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"These walls have witnessed greatness."
Norma Desmond History
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"I've loved and lost everything. What else is there?"
Norma Desmond Love
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"Success doesn't last forever. But my name will."
Norma Desmond
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"I spend my mornings remembering when I was needed."
Norma Desmond Life
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"The fans never forget. They would never abandon me."
Norma Desmond
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"A woman's never through being a woman."
Norma Desmond Strength
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"They used to come to me for wisdom."
Norma Desmond Wisdom
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"I still have my face. It hasn't changed."
Norma Desmond Beauty
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"The world doesn't give second acts."
Norma Desmond Change
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"Youth is something I've lost. Hollywood took it from me."
Norma Desmond Time
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"I am not broke, I am merely between fortunes."
Norma Desmond Money
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"Do you know what it means to be a has-been before you're forty?"
Norma Desmond Fear
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"I've been waiting for someone like you. Someone who understands."
Norma Desmond Relationships
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"What's that smell? The kind they don't make anymore."
Norma Desmond
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"The stars have faded, but I remain."
Norma Desmond Perseverance