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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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" 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. "

Zig Ziglar

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

" Wherever I go, there's always a child, an old woman, that comes to me and wants to meet me. Not because I am famous but because they suffered with my family. "

" The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve. "

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

" The excitement for me lies not so much in interviewing the hard-to-get famous person, but the person whom you are about to discover. You know, like maybe the character actors who are just coming into their own and you're realizing how great they are. "

" Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends. "

Robert South

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" You want a hero in the music world? James Brown. He brought a feeling to music without really using words. He's just famous for his sound. "

" Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. "

" It's very hard to get rich and famous at a young age and handle it well. "

" You can't copyright a urinal. But you could probably copyright a sculpture of a urinal. And like Duchamp's famous work, code is both, at the same time. "

" It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour. "

" When I started skating, it was such a small community. You didn't aspire to be rich or famous or make a career out of it because that wasn't something anyone had done yet. "

" You know, be an actor because you love to act. Don't be an actor because you think you're going to get famous, because that's luck. "

" The scientists I looked up to at the beginning were not Latino. They were famous scientists of many years ago, like Madame Curie. Later, I realized that there were also, but a very few, Latino scientists. There were good ones, but very few, because there wasn't as much a tradition to be a scientist in our culture. But this is changing. "

" Brooklyn was a famous team. I wanted to play for the Dodgers. "

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

" In Hollywood, you can live alongside very famous but still incredibly boring people. I've never wanted to be immortal. Even if nobody remembers me after my death, it's still okay with me. "

" Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know that's part of the job, but I don't feed into anyone's idea of who I should be. "

" As a famous person you think how you're gonna end it, get away and have a normal life. "

" I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me. "

" I never feel so utterly fraudulent as when I review a movie whose charms impress all in the world and I simply do not get it. The other variant is that I love something the world disdains. This has had severe career consequences: I am still famous - or notorious - in certain quarters where I am recalled as the man who liked 'Hudson Hawk.' "

" Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none. "

" I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember. "

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

" I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyone used to stare at me riding up and down this block. I was too short to reach the pedals, so I put my legs through the V of the frame. I was famous. The little kid who could ride the ten-speed. "

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

" Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it. "

" I am a celebrity, and it feels good to be famous. "

Karan Patel

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" I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the Earth because I figure a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody so I would say, just come on up. "