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John Lurie

"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."

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Donna Grant

"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."

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Donna Grant

"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."

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Donna Grant

"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."

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Donna Grant

"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."

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Donna Grant

"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."

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Donna Grant

"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."

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Donna Grant

"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."

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Donna Grant

"And it's great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books and the TV show. But there are so many of them and it just doesn't end. Oh, and 'selfies'! If I could clap my hands and burn out every camera phone in the world, I swear I'd do it!"

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Donna Grant

"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."

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Donna Grant

"A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services."

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