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"Fame comes with its own standard. A guy who twitches his lips is just another guy with a lip twitch - unless he's Humphrey Bogart."
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"Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood."
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"Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
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"Fame lost its appeal for me when I went into a public restroom and an autograph seeker handed me a pen and paper under the stall door."
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"You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else."
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"A celebrity starts being a cele-crazy when he's seen often, he's just like the ordinary man in the streets. Without much ado to shout his name, i go my way."
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"One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it."
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"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."
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"Why do you want to be on The Real World?-Because I want everyone to witness my youthWhy?-Isn't it gorgeous?"
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"Folly loves the martyrdom of fame."
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"It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up."
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"I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much."
Country


"Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted."
Hope


"Marilyn and I were rumored to be an item. We were friends. Nothing more. Marilyn was one of the sweetest creatures that ever lived."
Friendship


"I go to temple a lot less than I would like because when I do, people still look at me as if they think it's a publicity stunt."
People


"I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me."
People


"The ultimate mystery is one's own self."
Mystery


"We can't answer King's assassination with violence. That would be the worst tribute we could pay him."
Assassination


"I bought a house in the Hollywood Hills and brought my grandmother from Harlem to live in it with me."
Hollywood


"The manic pursuit of success cost me everything I could love: my wife, my three children, some friends I would have liked to grow old with."
Success


"Alcohol gives you infinite patience for stupidity."
Alcohol
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