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Fame Quotes

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"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."
Oprah Winfrey
"If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are."
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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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"Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him."
Frank Gifford
"Rosie is a Hall of Fame player, and I wouldn't be in the Hall of Fame if it weren't for him."
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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."
Kathy Griffin
"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."
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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 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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"In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame."
Donatella Versace
"In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame."
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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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"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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"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."
W. H. Auden
"Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud."
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"The present condition of fame is merely fashion."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"The present condition of fame is merely fashion."
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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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"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."
Francis Bacon
"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."
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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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"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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"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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"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."
Debasish Mridha
"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."
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"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism."
Desiderius Erasmus
"What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism."
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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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"If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."
Bodhidharma
"If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past."
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"I don't think about my fame very much."
Calvin Klein
"I don't think about my fame very much."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."
Blaise Pascal
"The charm of fame is so great that we like every object to which it is attached, even death."
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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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"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."
Rafael Palmeiro
"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."
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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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"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."
Richelle E. Goodrich
"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."
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"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."
Stephen Richards
"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."
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"What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble."
James Grainger
"What is fame? an empty bubble; Gold? a transient, shining trouble."
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"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."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"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."
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"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
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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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"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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"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."
Truman Capote
"Fame is only good for one thing - they will cash your check in a small town."
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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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"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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"I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame."
Noel Redding
"I wouldn't know how I would have coped with The Beatles' sort of fame."
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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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"Fame and recognition break all scandals, if I were a prostitute I would have chosen to be a famous one."
M.F. Moonzajer
"Fame and recognition break all scandals, if I were a prostitute I would have chosen to be a famous one."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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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"Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame."
Robert Burns
"Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame."
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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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