"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."

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"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."

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"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."

William Scott, American Painter

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"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."

Alan Bennett, English Dramatist

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"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."

Mira Sorvino, American Actress

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"In Germany I am not so famous."

Hans Berger, German Scientist

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"Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood."

Pauly Shore, American Comedian

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"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."

Lawrence Lessig, American Educator

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"I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you."

Don Johnson, American Actor

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"Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world."

Martha Reeves, American Musician

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"I'd definitely rather be rich than famous."

Radha Mitchell, Australian Actress

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"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"An unused life is an early death."

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"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."

"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."

"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."

"In Germany I am not so famous."

"Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood."

"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."

"I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you."

"Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world."

"I'd definitely rather be rich than famous."

"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too."

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"Few people have the imagination for reality."

"If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul."

"There you have it! - How they anticipate my wishes, how they grant friendship's little attentions, which are worth a thousand times more than breathtaking presents that merely prove the giver's vanity and humiliate us."

"An unused life is an early death."

"Live dangerously and you live right."

"What is important in life is life, and not the result of life."