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Fame Quotes


"Fame is everywhere; the 15 minutes are now the dominant themes of our times."


"Fame and tranquility can never be bedfellows."


"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."
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"Leadbelly's guitar is in the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame."


"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."


"Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity."


"The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming."


"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."


"I guess it comes back to the old motto, you have you're fifteen minutes a fame."


"A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity."


"Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame."


"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."


"Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid."


"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."


"I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in."
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"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."


"I am already so popular that anyone who vilifies me becomes more popular than I am."


"The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you."


"It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up."


"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."


"Notoriety wasn't as good as fame, but was heaps better than obscurity."


"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."


"I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be."


"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."


"Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully."
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