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Fame Quotes
"Honor means that a man is not exceptional; fame, that he is. Fame is something which must be won; honor, only something which must not be lost."
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"Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows."
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"A lot of celebrities, especially when you're talking about the really big ones, live in what I call the fame bubble. Nobody ever says no to them or challenges them or even teases them."
58
"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."
58
"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."
58
"Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that."
Fame,
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"Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times."
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"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."
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"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."
51
"I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in."
Fame,
50
"I respect the Hall of Fame, and if they think that I'm worthy enough, I would be very honored. And if they don't, I gave it all that I had to this game."
49
"In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame."
48
"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."
47
"I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am."
46
"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."
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"Fame and recognition break all scandals, if I were a prostitute I would have chosen to be a famous one."
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"Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity."
45
"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."
44
"So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing."
44
"Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him."
Fame,
43
"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism."
42
"The 50 greatest players don't matter when you're in the Hall of Fame. We all know that I was not one of the 50 greatest, I was one of the 25 greatest - in my mind."
41
"Fame is nothing but the sum of all the misunderstandings that cluster around a new name. Wherever a human achievement becomes truly great, it seeks to hide its face in the lap of general, nameless greatness."
41
"Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity."
40
"I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half."
39
"Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame."
39
"I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame."
39
"I like the level of fame that I have. You get nice tables in restaurants sometimes, but fame isn't something that I find comfortable."
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