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Famous Quotes


"I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave."


"The big thing that everyone forgets, you're famous and on TV and everything, but I think there's something very rewarding to be able to write a song, record it, and have it turn out as you heard it in your head, or even better."


"Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them."


"Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises."


"Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys."


"I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."


"I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous."


"Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns."


"I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things."


"A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."


"We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this."



"He makes me laugh, Mick! He tended to turn up when we were having lunch and entertain us all. He bought an Enigma machine! I've never worked with a producer who was more famous than everyone put together."


"I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous."



"Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA."


"I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous."


"If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before."


"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."


"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good."


"None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone."


"I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated."



"Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here."



"You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!"



"Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?"


"After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school."
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