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Fame Quotes

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"I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not."
Mandy Moore
"I don't want to take fame for granted because that is when you start to think you are better than everyone else. That is when you start thinking that you are someone that you are not."
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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."
Marlo Thomas
"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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"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."
Aidan Quinn
"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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"The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you."
Gloria Vanderbilt
"The fame you earn has a different taste from the fame that is forced upon you."
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"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."
Erika Slezak
"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."
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"When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about."
Jamal Lewis
"When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about."
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"I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well."
Jim Otto
"I think Ray Guy and John Madden for sure should be in the Hall of Fame and Cliff Branch should be as well."
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"It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up."
Emmitt Smith
"It's been a tremendous ride. My 15 years, my 15 minutes of fame, is up."
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"All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved."
Elizabeth Bowen
"All your youth you want to have your greatness taken for granted; when you find it taken for granted, you are unnerved."
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"The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness."
Daniel J. Boorstin
"The celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness."
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"I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it."
Calvin Klein
"I guess I don't have a proper perspective on my fame; if I did, I don't think I'd like it."
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"A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity."
Edward Tufte
"A curious consequence is that I have become a minor celebrity."
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"Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer."
Jane Harman
"Maybe it's my 15 minutes of fame, maybe it's longer."
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"I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to."
Trevor Dunn
"I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to."
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"Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood."
Kenneth Tynan
"Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood."
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"I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want."
Caitlin Moran
"I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want."
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"Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth... suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully."
Julie Burchill
"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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"A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services."
Daniel J. Boorstin
"A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services."
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"At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing."
Sharon Stone
"At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing."
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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."
Waylon Jennings
"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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"You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else."
Nikki Cox
"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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"Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names."
Mary Austin
"Nevertheless there are certain peaks, canons, and clear meadow spaces which are above all compassing of words, and have a certain fame as of the nobly great to whom we give no familiar names."
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"Fame is not so impossible for people with charisma, passion and talent. Being famous just means you have fans, and even one or two is enough to make you someone special. Ask a music fan who the best guitarist of all time is, and while one group insists that it was Jimmi Hendrix, another group swears that it was Eddie Van Halen instead. There will never be a time when everyone on this planet agrees on something like that, but luckily that's not important. All that matters is that both sides remain loyal, which they will assuming you continue to be who you are and do your thing. This is all that you need to be immortalized."
Ashly Lorenzana
"Fame is not so impossible for people with charisma, passion and talent. Being famous just means you have fans, and even one or two is enough to make you someone special. Ask a music fan who the best guitarist of all time is, and while one group insists that it was Jimmi Hendrix, another group swears that it was Eddie Van Halen instead. There will never be a time when everyone on this planet agrees on something like that, but luckily that's not important. All that matters is that both sides remain loyal, which they will assuming you continue to be who you are and do your thing. This is all that you need to be immortalized."
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"Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame."
Robert Klein
"Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame."
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"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."
Beatrice Wood
"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."
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"Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
Bernie Worrell
"Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
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"Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy."
Bennett Cerf
"Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy."
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"I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame."
Elle Macpherson
"I've done all this stuff because it's fun. It's never been about fame."
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"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."
Jane Badler
"It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it."
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"Fame is morally neutral."
Edward R. Murrow
"Fame is morally neutral."
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"Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?"
William Rowan Hamilton
"Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?"
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"You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way."
Billy Corgan
"You will never see the four original Pumpkins on stage ever again, unless it's a Hall of Fame thing. But you would never see a tour. There's so much damage, there's no way."
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"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."
John Lurie
"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."
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"One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight."
Mike Tyson
"One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight."
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"It takes a very strange person to enjoy fame, with all the by-products that come with it. It's not necessarily a thrill."
Kelsey Grammer
"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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"I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be."
George Steinbrenner
"I don't want to be in the Hall of Fame. I don't think owners should be."
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"Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it."
Jo Stafford
"Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it."
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"Fame is a bee.It has a song -It has a sting -Ah, too, it has a wing."
Emily Dickinson
"Fame is a bee.It has a song -It has a sting -Ah, too, it has a wing."
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"I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer."
Poppy Z. Brite
"I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer."
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"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."
William Davenant
"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."
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"When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned."
Lee Haney
"When little old ladies recognize a guy who was Mr. Olympia, that's saying something. That means I've been able to cross lines as far as marketability is concerned."
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"One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it."
Nellie Melba
"One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it."
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"Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner."
Alessandro Del Piero
"Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner."
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"In a certain sense, you do write to seduce the world, but when it happens, you begin to feel like a whore. The disparity between your life and your work turns out to be as great as ever. And the people seduced by your work are usually seduced by all the wrong reasons."
Erica Jong
"In a certain sense, you do write to seduce the world, but when it happens, you begin to feel like a whore. The disparity between your life and your work turns out to be as great as ever. And the people seduced by your work are usually seduced by all the wrong reasons."
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"Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous."
Lucius Accius
"Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous."
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"Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row."
Ralph Kiner
"Darryl Strawberry has been voted to the Hall of Fame five years in a row."
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"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."
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"Folly loves the martyrdom of fame."
Lord Byron
"Folly loves the martyrdom of fame."
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"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name."
Rainer Maria Rilke
"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name."
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"I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy."
Phil Rizzuto
"I'll take anyway to get into the Hall of Fame. If they want a batboy, I'll go in as a batboy."
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