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" I went from being totally unknown and never acting professionally to being in a major movie and being very famous. It all happened so quickly, I didn't have any time to work things out. It's been pretty scary at times. "

" But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company. "

" 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

" I admire sensible, kind people. They're not often famous. "

" One of the interesting things about Twitter is looking how famous people choose to use it. Take someone like Steve Martin, who I follow: it's all sorts of comic gems, nothing private, nothing personal - all jokes. Other celebrities are overtly personal - like Charlie Sheen. I do a mix of observations and updates. "

" I didn't want to be famous. I just wanted to earn enough money to have a nice life and enjoy acting. "

" I'd be happy if anyone wore my fragrance. They don't have to be famous. "

" 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

" People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase. "

" For me a Writing Day was an occasion for self-reproach and panic, a time to lament the passing of the years, stare out of windows and remember that even those famous late starters Joseph Conrad and George Eliot had started by the age I was now. "

Howard Jacobson

" There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything. "

" Being famous hasn't changed my perception of myself - I've just grown up. "

" Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away. "

" Robin Williams was a wonderful, kind, and generous man. One important thing I remember about his personality is that he was unassuming - he never acted as if he was powerful or famous. "

" People enjoy making fun of people who are famous; they love putting people down. "

" You've got certain guys that just want to be famous and then you've got the real musicians that just love playing music. "

" When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money. "

" Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool. "

" One of the pleasant duties of America's most famous announcers during the relatively short swing era of the big bands was to host late-night remotes from some of the most famous ballrooms throughout the country. "

" While 'Felicity' was successful in the States, and I had opportunities to do other stuff, I didn't want to do anything to make myself more famous. I wasn't dealing well with the celebrity of all of that. I was 23 - just a kid - and not coming from money, it was all just too much. I just wanted to slow it down a little bit, and gain control. "

" I got a little bit famous. I didn't like it. "

" When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins. "

" The professors at Harvard are smarter and more world-renowned, and so your child will learn from a pre-eminent scholar who is a leader in his or her field. Some of Harvard's professors are even famous. "

" 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. "

" I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "

" I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous. "

" Being famous is not something that would make me feel successful - unless one was striving for mediocrity. "

" The problem is, the more famous you get, the more people see you who didn't choose to. "

" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "