When I was 16, my family threw me out of the house. That makes you very nervous. I mean, a thing like that makes you very touchy. They just kind of gave me up for lost.

— Dixie Evans (Shelley Winters)

14 seconds sound clip from the The Big Knife (1955) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:07:28 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- You're the only one who can call me that. I'll tell you why. I like you, Charlie.

- You've been very kind and considerate to me. And that is a very special matter in my special memory box.

- I'm going to get a dog. A poodle. Big or little?

- Do you like poodles?

- I'll tell you why.

- When I was 16, my family threw me out of the house. That makes you very nervous. I mean, a thing like that makes you very touchy. They just kind of gave me up for lost.

- To this very day, my mother can't tell my father that I send them money.

- Catholics believe in large families.

- But I'll tell you what, I'm saving my money now.

- I'm waiting for Mr. Right to come along. If I ever meet the guy around here.

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