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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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"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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"Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name."
Anthony Liccione
"Gain fame, and the paparazzi or media waits and watches for them to slip, just to shame their name."
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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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"Heroes don't have friends, they have fans."
Amit Kalantri
"Heroes don't have friends, they have fans."
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"When you're being celebrated and flying high, don't allow fanatics (fans) to elevate you so far out that you forget whose sky it is."
T. F. Hodge
"When you're being celebrated and flying high, don't allow fanatics (fans) to elevate you so far out that you forget whose sky it is."
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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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"And it's great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books and the TV show. But there are so many of them and it just doesn't end. Oh, and 'selfies'! If I could clap my hands and burn out every camera phone in the world, I swear I'd do it!"
George R. R. Martin
"And it's great to have all these readers and fans who, for the most part, are very nice people, saying they love the books and the TV show. But there are so many of them and it just doesn't end. Oh, and 'selfies'! If I could clap my hands and burn out every camera phone in the world, I swear I'd do it!"
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"I am your number one fan."
Stephen King
"I am your number one fan."
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"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."
Stanley Victor Paskavich
"If you see my fifteen minutes of fame let me know I've been searching for it for years."
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"He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.""Are you and Beetee going?" I ask."As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here."
Suzanne Collins
"He wants as many victors as possible for the cameras to follow in the Capitol. Thinks it makes for better television.""Are you and Beetee going?" I ask."As many young and attractive victors as possible," Haymitch corrects himself. "So, no. We'll be here."
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"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."
Bernard Kelvin Clive
"Don't rush to rise to fame, lest you will be lashed in shame."
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"Fame is an epiphany of bubbles that are transient and pugnacious."
Debasish Mridha
"Fame is an epiphany of bubbles that are transient and pugnacious."
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"Fame is proof that people are gullible."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Fame is proof that people are gullible."
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"Star in the sky is useless to the world,Star on the stage makes the difference to the world."
Amit Kalantri
"Star in the sky is useless to the world,Star on the stage makes the difference to the world."
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"She was one of those people who are famous beyond their actual achievement."
F. Scott Fitzgerald
"She was one of those people who are famous beyond their actual achievement."
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"Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
"Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else."
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"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."
C. JoyBell C.
"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."
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"A celebrity starts being a cele-crazy when he's seen often, he's just like the ordinary man in the streets. Without much ado to shout his name, i go my way."
Michael Bassey Johnson
"A celebrity starts being a cele-crazy when he's seen often, he's just like the ordinary man in the streets. Without much ado to shout his name, i go my way."
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"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"A model's opinion seldom matters. The only time that he is required to open his mouth is when he is required to smile at the camera."
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"Fame is neither something to value nor to view as a threat."
A. D. Posey
"Fame is neither something to value nor to view as a threat."
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"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."
Rick Riordan
"I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star."
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"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done."
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"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."
Jeffrey Fry
"Too much fame, money or alcohol can make you stupid."
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"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."
William Hazlitt
"Fame is the inheritance not of the dead, but of the living. It is we who look back with lofty pride to the great names of antiquity."
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"All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view."
Napoleon Bonaparte
"All celebrated people lose dignity on a close view."
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"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."
Mokokoma Mokhonoana
"Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be well-known."
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"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
Charles Caleb Colton
"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
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"I awoke one morning and found myself famous."
Lord Byron
"I awoke one morning and found myself famous."
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"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too."
P. J. O'Rourke
"A very quiet and tasteful way to be famous is to have a famous relative. Then you can not only be nothing, you can do nothing too."
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