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Fame Quotes


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


"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."


"In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame."


"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."


"Good fame is like fire; when you have kindled you may easily preserve it; but if you extinguish it, you will not easily kindle it again."


"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."
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"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."


"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism."


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


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


"The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness."


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


"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."


"At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing."


"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."


"The glory of fame isn't in having so many people know you, but in having so many people know you care. Otherwise, it's like being drawn to a fire to find no warmth."


"People keep telling me that I'm a legend in Merthyr and a legend in many other places. Here's my understanding on that, what's a legend? I don't really know what a legend is, I don't even know the word. I'm not a King Arthur reincarnate either. I might be one of the Round Table, but I'm not King Arthur."


"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name's chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."


"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."



"Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row."


"I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame."


"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."


"I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it."


"Fame and recognition break all scandals, if I were a prostitute I would have chosen to be a famous one."


"I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy."


"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name."
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