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" I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. "

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" It is our choices... that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. "

" I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect. "

Solange Knowles

" Of all the subjects on this planet, I think my parents would have been hard put to name one less useful than Greek mythology to securing the keys to an executive bathroom. "

" There is no celebrity quite as powerful as the local, homegrown celebrity. "

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

" I told myself repeatedly, 'One day you will be famous.' "

Yves Saint Laurent

" I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous. "

" 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. "

" I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that I'm ever gonna write a song that you will know who it's about. "

" People now live their lives like an open wound to be famous - they do bad things because they're rewarded for it. "

" There are two types of actors: those who say they don't want to be famous, and those who are liars. "

" I was born in Glasgow. But my family is pretty much from a little town called Paisley, famous for its cotton mills and paisley pattern. "

" Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with. "

" Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act. "

" My first impression of Beverly Hills was that it had a landscape of small houses built by famous architects, so I didn't want to make a big block or sculpture here; I wanted to make a community rooted to the place. "

" You sort of start thinking anything's possible if you've got enough nerve. "

" It's too late for me to get married before I'm famous. You never know people's intentions. "

Carmelo Anthony

" All the girls today want to be famous, but they haven't earned their spurs. "

" Some people collect stamps, other people like to be famous. I don't have that hobby. "

" I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone hated me. That is the most unhappy time of my life. "

Haruki Murakami

" When I did stand-up at U.C.B., and I had a blog for a couple of years that started my writing career, 'Totally Confident and Completely Insecure,' it was the same kind of self-deprecating humor and stories about being out in L.A. and being treated like a loser at a hair salon because you are not famous. "

" I think it's really important for celebrities to use their power of money and fame to get their voices out there. It's funny to me that we're expected to keep quiet just because of who we are. Why do I lose my right to speak my mind because I'm famous? "

" 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. "

" I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage. "

Beyonce Knowles

" 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'm sure there will come a time when I won't be able to, you know, walk around so easy sometimes, or it's just things that I don't necessarily want. I don't really necessarily want to be famous. "

" I don't want to be famous or recognizable. I don't want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet... I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want. "

" Major success feels a bit like a coronation. Like I'd become a king. I was one of the most famous people in the world, loved and hated in equal measure. I couldn't see anything bad with it. It made me a happy person. "

" Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently. "

" I think my most famous was 'Poco's Legend.' It's a white album with a simple line drawing of a horse. It almost has a Picasso feel to it. I remember that Rusty Young, the lead singer of the band, said, 'I want you to draw a horse for the song 'Legend,' which is about a phantom spirit horse. I want you to do it in several lines.' "