Airport 1975 - Proximity to the Mountains
Gloria Swanson:
The mountains - we're so close!
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Airport 1975 - A Confused Greeting Amidst Airport Chaos
Gary:
Would you hold this please, I'll take care of Miss Swanson. Good Evening, right this way please.
Gloria Swanson:
Thank you.
Nancy Pryor:
Good Evening Miss Swanson.
Gloria Swanson:
Good Evening. I mean, good morning!
Gary:
Right here, Miss Swanson.
Gloria Swanson: [In reference to her bomb proof case]
Oh yes, put it under my feet. Thank you very much.
Gary:
It's a pleasure to have with us, Miss Swanson. If there's anything I can do for you, just let me know.
Gloria Swanson:
I shall.
Sister Beatrice:
Never mind her Sister, put your ticket away.
Sister Ruth:
Yes Sister.
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Sunset Boulevard - The Complexity of a Hollywood Comeback
Joe Gillis:
I didn't know you were planning a comeback.
Norma Desmond:
I hate that word. It's a return, a return to the millions of people who have never forgiven me for deserting the screen.
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Sunset Boulevard - The Illusion of Fame and Size
Joe Gillis:
You're Norma Desmond. You used to be in silent pictures. You used to be big.
Norma Desmond:
I am big. It's the pictures that got small.
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Sunset Boulevard - The Illusion of Stardom and Loneliness
Norma Desmond: [[w:AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes|American Film Institute's list of the top 100 movie quotations]
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Sunset Boulevard - A Star's Passion for the Spotlight
Norma Desmond:
I just want to tell you all how happy I am to be back in the studio, making a picture again! You don't know how much I've missed all of you. And I promise you I'll never desert you again because after Salome we'll make another picture and another picture. You see, this is my life! It always will be! There's nothing else! Just us, the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark!… All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up.
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Sunset Boulevard - Norma Desmond's Claim to Paramount's Legacy
Norma Desmond:
Without me, there wouldn't be any Paramount studio.
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Sunset Boulevard - The Timeless Nature of Stars
Norma Desmond:
The stars are ageless, aren't they?
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Sunset Boulevard - The Decline of Hollywood Icons
Norma Desmond:
They took the idols and smashed them, the Fairbankses, the Gilberts, the Valentinos! And who've we got now? Some nobodies!
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Sunset Boulevard - The Burden of Fame and Public Opinion
Norma Desmond:
There once was a time in this business when I had the eyes of the whole world! But that wasn't good enough for them, oh no! They had to have the ears of the whole world too. So they opened their big mouths and out came talk. Talk! TALK!
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Sunset Boulevard - The Power of Expression in Silence
Norma Desmond:
We didn't need dialogue. We had faces!
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Sunset Boulevard - The Nature of Stardom and Loyalty
Norma Desmond:
No one leaves a star. That's what makes one a star.
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