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"The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships."
Kurtis Blow
"The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships."
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"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."
William Scott
"The one thing you've got to say about Columbia is that it has courses that are famous. It has alumni who come back and say it was the best thing they ever did."
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"To be famous and broke is hard."
David Spade
"To be famous and broke is hard."
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"I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano."
Kevin Kline
"I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano."
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"I will either be famous or infamous."
Otto Dix
"I will either be famous or infamous."
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"In Germany I am not so famous."
Hans Berger
"In Germany I am not so famous."
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"Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out."
Vincent Schiavelli
"Your face is your calling card, but you're not so famous that you can't go out."
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"I was famous from birth."
Peter Fonda
"I was famous from birth."
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"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."
Elizabeth Hurley
"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."
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"Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly."
Simeon Strunsky
"Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly."
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"Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world."
Martha Reeves
"Berry Gordy turned his house into a studio and discovered over 30 acts in the city. And we're famous all over the world."
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"It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich."
Alan Alda
"It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich."
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"None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone."
Nicholas Sparks
"None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone."
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"I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at all, so he kept them at bay."
Ronald Harwood
"I mean he's a very famous director... they're not going to put their... and he's very tough, he doesn't like interference at all, so he kept them at bay."
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"When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'"
Francis Ford Coppola
"When I was going for my graduate degree, I decided I was going to make a feature film as my thesis. That's what I was famous for-that I had my thesis film be a feature film, which was 'You're a Big Boy Now.'"
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"A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra."
Michael Bolton
"A lot of the greatest compositions were made famous by Sinatra."
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"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."
Kurt Masur
"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."
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"Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them."
Francis I
"Persons famous in the arts partake of the immortality of princes, and are upon a footing with them."
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"Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool."
Bill O'Reilly
"Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool."
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"King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in."
Jamie Muir
"King Crimson were the only really famous band I'd been in."
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"I'm as famous as I want to be."
Tracey Ullman
"I'm as famous as I want to be."
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"But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom."
Rachel Griffiths
"But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom."
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"I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world."
Izabella Scorupco
"I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world."
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"I just want to be rich and famous."
Ian Hart
"I just want to be rich and famous."
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"Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns."
Lawrence Welk
"Duke Ellington was famous for hs very original harmonic patterns."
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"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."
Louie Anderson
"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."
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"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."
Colin Mochrie
"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."
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"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."
Alan Bennett
"Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else."
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"After a fellow gets famous it doesn't take long for someone to bob up that used to sit by him in school."
Kin Hubbard
"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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"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."
Saffron Burrows
"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."
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"Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys."
Bert Campaneris
"Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of those guys."
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"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him."
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"I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous."
Kim Weston
"I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous."
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"A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
"A chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous."
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"Tom cruise, he's a lot more famous than me."
David Beckham
"Tom cruise, he's a lot more famous than me."
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"I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous."
Alberto Korda
"I still forgive him, because by doing what he did, he made it famous."
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"Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?"
Tom Sizemore
"Although I get so much fan mail from Great Britain, tell me, am I more famous there than Michael Madsen?"
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"I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere."
Justin Guarini
"I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere."
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"You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!"
Brett Somers
"You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!"
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"I'm famous. That's my job."
Jerry Rubin
"I'm famous. That's my job."
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"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
Ambrose Bierce
"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
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