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"I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous."
Ani DiFranco
"I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous."
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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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"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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"I actually don't feel famous."
Anwar Robinson
"I actually don't feel famous."
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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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"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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"I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous."
Ann Wilson
"I guess we decided to make a new record 3 years ago when Nancy was done scoring for Almost Famous."
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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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"We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove."
Lew Wasserman
"We had an interesting thing at that first dinner. It was prior to the availability of several new hotels in Los Angeles, and we were more or less committed to the old Ambassador Hotel that has the famous Coconut Grove."
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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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"They were all famous and fantastic fellows."
Peter Scott
"They were all famous and fantastic fellows."
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"I will either be famous or infamous."
Otto Dix
"I will either be famous or infamous."
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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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"I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star."
Edgar Winter
"I really had little interest in becoming famous. When I write my book, it will be my guide to avoid becoming a rock star."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"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."
Panayiotis Zavos
"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."
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"To be famous and broke is hard."
David Spade
"To be famous and broke is hard."
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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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"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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"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."
Mira Sorvino
"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."
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"If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before."
David Gest
"If I wanted to be famous, I could have been famous before."
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"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."
Jane Siberry
"I'd probably be famous now if I wasn't such a good waitress."
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"Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood."
Pauly Shore
"Few if any teenagers can relate to getting up for school and finding famous comics like Pryor and Williams hanging out in your living room after a hard night of partying. But that's Hollywood."
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"Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here."
Rodger Ward
"Indy makes the race driver. You become famous when you come here."
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"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good."
Laura Linney
"Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good."
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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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"Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA."
Seth Lloyd
"Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA."
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"In Germany I am not so famous."
Hans Berger
"In Germany I am not so famous."
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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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"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."
Lawrence Lessig
"The real harm of term extension comes not from these famous works. The real harm is to the works that are not famous, not commercially exploited, and no longer available as a result."
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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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"Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly."
Simeon Strunsky
"Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly."
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"I'm famous. That's my job."
Jerry Rubin
"I'm famous. That's my job."
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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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"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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"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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"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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"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
Ambrose Bierce
"Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."
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