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" How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long? "
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Famous
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" The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. "
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" These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move. "
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" My goal was never to be famous, but to be a consistently working actor. "
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" I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating. "
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" Before I became famous I had a very full life, and that gave me a lot to pick from. I always use everything. It always comes in handy. Working with animals... Well, I just enjoyed that. That was the most peaceful time. "
Cyndi Lauper
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" I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful. "
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" My mum had a massive influence on me, not just in what she wore and how she looked, but in her spirit. She was married to one of the most famous men in the world, and she didn't wear any makeup, ever. I mean, have you ever seen the wife of a man like that rock up with no makeup on? Because I haven't since. "
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" I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist. "
Robert Crumb
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" People are getting famous now for serving food out of a truck, or for, well, pork buns. I don't know if I'm really pleased to be a part of that. I'm somewhat terrified of what the future holds, especially in America. "
David Chang
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" I turned down many chances to be on TV before 'Pop Idol' because I really wasn't interested in being famous. I didn't need it and didn't want it. "
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" There are few celebrities that I don't know personally. And compared to the rich, most of the famous live in the poorhouse. It's much better to be rich than famous. "
Robin Leach
Rich
Better
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" Some people collect stamps, other people like to be famous. I don't have that hobby. "
Manoj Bhargava
People
Like
Hobby
" I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense. "
Cory Monteith
Need
Life
Make
" I have always said and felt that true enjoyment can not be described. "
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Said
True
Always
" I'm sick to death of famous people standing up and using their celebrity to promote a cause. If I see a particular need, I do try to help. But there's a lot that can be achieved by putting a check in the right place and shutting up about it. "
Russell Crowe
Sick
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" But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom. "
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Partner
Famous
Someone
" The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.' "
Dan Pfeiffer
Obama
Drama
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" I'm working on bridging the gap between mainstream famous and Internet famous. They're two different things, but eventually, social media will be the way to become a celebrity. "
Cameron Dallas
Famous
Media
Social Media
" People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood. "
Megan Fox
Just
You
Famous
" My dad was an architect, and he wasn't a rich guy, but in our little world in Philadelphia, he was famous. He loved to see his picture in the paper. I wanted to be more famous than him. "
Kevin Bacon
Loved
See
World
" I don't want to be famous for being famous. "
Kelli O'Hara
Want
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" A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in. "
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" We played at a festival in Mexico City, at the same time as another famous artist, and I reckon we had 55,000 people watching New Order; the other had 7,000. I think from that I've discovered the secret of success in the music industry: don't do any promotion. "
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Time
City
Music
" Celebrity means that I can affect people in a positive way. "
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" I once wrote that Lord Moran, Churchill's doctor, had doctored his diaries as well as his famous patient. That was true but unfair. Although their authenticity as contemporary, daily accounts is often questionable, the observations are quite wonderful. "
Nigel Hamilton
Doctor
Daily
Famous
" Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination. Sometimes, as in Amos Tutuola's famous short novels, they directly influence events. More often, as in the works of Chinua Achebe, both living and dead ancestors are sages offering valuable advice. "
Uzodinma Iweala
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Short
Imagination
" Power is not of a man. Wealth does not center in the person of the wealthy. Celebrity is not inherent in any personality. To be celebrated, to be wealthy, to have power requires access to major institutions. "
C. Wright Mills
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Personality
Power
" Born a slave, Harriet Tubman was determined not to remain one. She escaped from her owners in Maryland on the Underground Railroad in 1849 and then fearlessly returned thirteen times to help guide family members and others to freedom as the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad. "
Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Help
She
Famous
" Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you. "
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People
Become
Funny