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Fame Quotes

"The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune."

"The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune."

Amelia Earhart, American Aviator

Fame, Fortune, Job, Will

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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."

"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, American Athlete

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"I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to."

"I've experienced as much fame as I ever want to."

Trevor Dunn, American Musician

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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 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, Irish Actor

Fame, Restaurants

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"My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor."

"My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor."

Woody Herman, American Musician

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"When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about."

"When your name is out there like that, guys are going to want to see what you're about."

Jamal Lewis, American Athlete

Fame, Name, Want

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

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

George Steinbrenner, American Businessman

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"Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame."

"Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame."

Robert Burns, Scottish Poet

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"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."

"Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy."

Erika Slezak, American Actress

Fame, Fortune, Nothing

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"So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing."

"So all the rest is O.K., but fame is a hollow ground, isn't it? It's an empty kind of thing."

Richard O'Brien, English Actor

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"I don't need the fame right now; I'm not running from the law."

"I don't need the fame right now; I'm not running from the law."

Tina Yothers, American Actress

Fame, Law, Now, Right

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"Fame had brought me so much unhappiness."

"Fame had brought me so much unhappiness."

Brigitte Bardot, French Actress

Fame, Unhappiness

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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."

"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, American Designer

Fame, Perspective

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"Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame."

"Regis and I were inducted into the original Bronx Walk of Fame."

Robert Klein, American Comedian

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"Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood."

"Pearl is a disease of oysters. Levant is a disease of Hollywood."

Kenneth Tynan, English Critic

Fame, Disease, Hollywood, Oysters

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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."

"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, American Athlete

Fame, Ladies, Old, Saying

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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."

"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, American Actress

Fame, Pen, Public

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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."

"You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else."

Nikki Cox, American Actress

Fame, Famous, Trade, Want

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"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."

"You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

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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."

"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, American Actress

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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."

"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, American Musician

Fame, Now, World

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"Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it."

"Whatever fame came did so not because I sought it."

Jo Stafford, American Musician

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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."

"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, American Actress

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"Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."

"Prince presented us at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."

Bernie Worrell, American Musician

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"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."

"I've been through this fame thing before, when the band was big in '80, '81."

John Lurie, American Actor

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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."

"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, American Writer

Fame, Names, Words

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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."

"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, American Musician

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"Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner."

"Luckily, thanks to the way my parents taught me, I think I can handle the fame in the right manner."

Alessandro Del Piero, Italian Athlete

Fame, Parents, Right

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

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

Elle Macpherson, Australian Model

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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."

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

Julie Burchill, British Journalist

Fame, Hollywood, Old, Suicide

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"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."

"Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off."

William Davenant, English Poet

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"Fame is morally neutral."

"Fame is morally neutral."

Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist

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"One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight."

"One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight."

Mike Tyson, American Athlete

Fame, Day, Fight

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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."

"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, British Journalist

Fame, Respect, Wealth, Ambition

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

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

Ralph Kiner, American Athlete

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

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

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Fame, Celebrity

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"Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy."

"Fame - anyone who says he doesn't like it is crazy."

Bennett Cerf, American Journalist

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"Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous."

"Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous."

Lucius Accius, Italian Poet

Fame, Famous, Man

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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."

"I certainly don't think I would have been asked to pose for Rage if I wasn't a known writer."

Poppy Z. Brite, American Author

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"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."

"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."

Rainer Maria Rilke, German Poet

Fame, Misunderstanding, Reputation, Name

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"A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services."

"A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services."

Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian

Fame, Celebrity, Name, Worth

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"Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?"

"Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?"

William Rowan Hamilton, Irish Mathematician

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"Fame is a bee.It has a song -It has a sting -Ah, too, it has a wing."

"Fame is a bee.It has a song -It has a sting -Ah, too, it has a wing."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

Fame, Music, Truth, Fleeting

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"The present condition of fame is merely fashion."

"The present condition of fame is merely fashion."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Fame, Fashion, Present

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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."

"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, American Actor

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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."

"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, American Celebrity

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"Folly loves the martyrdom of fame."

"Folly loves the martyrdom of fame."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it."

"One of the drawbacks of fame is that one can never escape from it."

Nellie Melba, Australian Musician

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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."

"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, English Philosopher

Fame, Fire, May, Will

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"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."

"Fame is like drifting clouds, transient and ephemeral. Memory is forever."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Fame, Transience, Ephemeral, Memory

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