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" Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. "

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" To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's. "

" No matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you. "

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" When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of it because that wasn't something anyone had done yet. "

" When I started on MySpace, people wanted to support me, but once I rose to fame with the MTV show, they felt like I had abandoned them for some reason, that I was too famous to talk to them anymore. "

" The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. "

" People like consistency. Whether it's a store or a restaurant, they want to come in and see what you are famous for. "

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" I think that when you are famous every weakness is exaggerated. "

" I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. "

" In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness. "

Norman O. Brown

" O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand. "

" One thing about D.C. that's funny to me is that you end up running into famous political figures who you've seen on television who you think are not real until you see them. "

" It wasn't until after I became famous that people noticed I played in the NFL. I kind of snuck in! "

" Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood. "

" The smartest thing that an actor can do is embrace the thing that made them famous as opposed to run away from it or deny that it happened. That does a disservice to most actors. To me, it looks like you're ungrateful. "

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

" 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 know what it's like to be famous. It's good money and it's great fun. A real kick in the pants. People wave at you and smile at you. You get great tables in restaurants. They send you gifts - beautiful clothes and cars. "

" I'm not trying to be famous, I'm not trying to be the next whatever. I'm just trying to be someone that contributes positivity with my talent. "

" I will either be famous or infamous. "

" Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion. "

" Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion. "

Juliette Binoche

" Evictions used to be rare in this country. They used to draw crowds. There are scenes in literature where you can come upon an eviction - like, in 'Invisible Man' there's the famous eviction scene in Harlem, and people are gathered around, and they move the family back in. "

Matthew Desmond

" There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause. "

George Matthew Adams

" We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emo's, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if I'm finally gonna die onstage, that's where it's going to be! "

" I'm actually a very private person. Sometimes I'm in denial that I'm really famous. "

" If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective. "

" See, 'A Time to Kill' was the one I got famous off of. Big ka-boom, over one weekend. After that, I did films that I really wanted to do. "

Matthew McConaughey

" I had no desire to be famous; I just wanted to make the greatest music ever made. I didn't want anyone to know who I was. "

" Famous doesn't mean anything. Just because people know my face doesn't mean they know us or that it makes us any more interesting or better. "

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