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"He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.""Are you and Beetee going?" I ask."As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here."
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"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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"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."
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"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."
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"She was one of those people who are famous beyond their actual achievement."
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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
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"He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.""Are you and Beetee going?" I ask."As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here."
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"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."
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"Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does."
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"Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?"
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"Fame had brought me so much unhappiness."
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"The only thing worse than fighting a giant scorpion was fighting a giant scorpion who was trying to protect her young."
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"It's my new best friend, Claudius Templesmith, and as I expected it, he's inviting us to a feast."
Social
"Either you came in here a swimmer or you'd better be a really fast learner."
Survival
"She's dead, you stupid cat. She's dead."
Loss
"How are you managing? And don't say you're fine."It's true. Whatever the opposite of fine is, that's what I am."
Emotion
"Oh, and I suppose the apples ate the cheese."
Humor
"And then it happens. Up and down the row, the victors begin to join hands. Some right away, like the morphlings, or Wiress and Beetee. Others unsure but caught up in the demands of those around them, like Brutus and Enobaria. By the time the anthem plays its final strains, all twenty-four of us stand in one unbroken line in what must be the first public show of unity among the districts since the Dark Days. You can see the realization of this as the screens begin to pop into blackness. It's too late, though. In the confusion they didn't cut us off in time. Everyone has seen."
Unity
"What have the nibblers ever done for you?"The breeze ruffled her hair, pushing it back from her face, giving him a clear shot of her eyes. They were asking for an answer. Needing to know if she could count on him."They saved your life," he said.And for just a moment, Luxa's face softened and she smiled."
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"It crosses my mind that Cinna's calm and normal demeanor masks a complete madman."
Identity
"You can swim, too." he says. "Where did you learn that in District Twelve?""We have a very big bathtub."
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