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" I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free. "
Martin Yan
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" I think there are a lot of people who really want to be famous, they really do. I don't. It sort of gets in the way of the everyday things that I do. "
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" I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. "
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" I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life. "
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" Powerful women intimidate men. If she's a really well-known woman, she has a career, she's famous - in that case, men are really afraid. "
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" I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person. "
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" I don't want to end up being a circus act, doing my most famous tricks when I'm 70. "
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