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

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" Kids will keep it real. If I've ever had in my life a great anchor, it's them. They get in your head, 'don't get too famous.' If you think you're really famous and think you're really hip, go hang out with your kids for an afternoon. That's about as earthbound as it's going to get. "

" I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame. "

" I seldom read anything that is not of a factual nature because I want to invest my time wisely in the things that will improve my life. Don't misunderstand; there is nothing wrong with reading purely for the joy of it. Novels have their place, but biographies of famous men and women contain information that can change lives. "

" A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized. "

" But just playing the partner of someone famous, I had a lot more freedom. "

Rachel Griffiths

" The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. "

" And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business. "

Shaquille O'Neal

" Fame is the thirst of youth. "

" I have been famous for a long time. "

" As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe. "

Zoe Foster Blake

" On Sunday morning, it's Brooklyn Bagels on Beverly Boulevard. We get them hot. Then we walk some of the famous Silver Lake steps or hike in the hills to the highest vantage point to see the reservoir. "

" Stephen King consummately honors several traditions with his rare paperback original, 'Joyland.' He addresses the novel of carny life and sideshows, where the midway serves as microcosm, such as in those famous books by Ray Bradbury, Charles Finney and William Lindsay Gresham. "

Paul Di Filippo

" We need to teach our kids, because there is such a celebrity culture at the moment, that however rich you are, however famous you are, however glamorous you are, everyone has to live by the same rules. "

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

" Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less. "

" I've avoided doing a network comedy, because I wouldn't get my own way. Even though it would get more viewers, it wouldn't be mine. "

" I will either be famous or infamous. "

" You can get awful famous in this country in seven days. "

" I haven't had my teeth fixed, I haven't had a hair transplant. I haven't had a skin peel, tummy tuck. I've done literally nothing. "

" I bemoan the fact that all my famous friends have places in St. Bart's and I have to go to Montauk. "

Rufus Wainwright

" 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

" A lot of what gets on the radio isn't saying anything other than somebody wants to be famous and will do whatever they're told to get it. "

Kacey Musgraves

" I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you. "

" What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be famous. "

" Your reputation is still the most important thing that you've got. "

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

" I don't need to be wildly famous for my life to make sense. "

" I would love to work into my eighties. I don't want to be someone who only does a couple of big films and then is famous for just 15 minutes. "

Tuppence Middleton

" I like the ironic pomposity of a stand-up comedian. Like all those comedians thinking they can bring down Coca-Cola. They forget to be funny. "

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