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" When I was seven years old, I fell in love with a series published by Bobbs-Merrill called 'The Childhood of Famous Americans.' In it, historical figures like Clara Barton, Nancy Hanks, Elias Howe, Patrick Henry, and dozens more came to life for me as children. "

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" On the banks of the Nile, the Rosetta branch, I lived an enjoyable childhood in the City of Disuq, which is the home of the famous mosque, Sidi Ibrahim. "

Ahmed Zewail

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City

Lived

" Quite frankly, I didn't become an actor to become a movie star. I have never dreamed about being the most famous person on the planet. I just want to do really good work. "

" He caressed my backside. I had heard that he was famous for his 'admiration' of the ladies, but I didn't expect him to be handling my booty. As handsome as Prince Philip is, I wasn't sure if he was making a pass or just exercising some royal rights to squeeze the foreigners. "

" I was very dramatic - very, like, 'It's never going to happen. My life is over at 16 because I'm not already famous. I'm not going to get my record deal. I'm not going to be able to sing for a living.' "

" I think Princess Diana probably had the most famous haircut, or Farrah Fawcett or Jennifer Aniston. "

" The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff. "

Roberto Cavalli

Kind

Famous

" I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press. "

Eric Clapton

Beautiful

Famous

" A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know. "

Lord Byron

Know

Known

" I feel like everyone has the right to privacy, even if you're the most famous person in the world. "

Marina and the Diamonds

Famous

Privacy

Right

" I'm really in no danger of being perceived as a famous movie actor! "

" I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different. "

Anton Corbijn

I Am

Different

" I have been famous for a long time. "

" Dates with actors, finally, just seemed to me evenings of shop talk. I got sick of it after a hile. So the more famous I became, the more I narrowed down my choices. "

" Dead bodies do get a grayish blue/purple hue because blood pools in the capillaries and the body starts to decompose. It's not smurf blue, but it's not a pleasant shade. "

" Black women have been screaming about famous predators like R&B singer R. Kelly, who allegedly preys on black girls, for well over a decade to no avail. "

Tarana Burke

Black

Famous

" Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with him on a low budget film years ago, and we'd sit around at night while waiting for a shot. "

" I've always been successful. Now I'm famous and successful. "

" 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. "

" The most famous and one of the most thoroughgoing opponents of bank credit was Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson reacted to the panic of 1819 as a confirmation of his pessimistic views on banks. "

" You become world famous, and you sit with kings and queens, and then your first job is just a job. You can't go back to living the way you did before because you've been taken out of one setting and shown the other. That becomes a struggle and makes you struggle. "

" I do know something about the news world. I was sitting on the floors of newsrooms since I was seven years old, and I've been around them my whole life. I understand that someone looks at a story with famous people in it, and you want to put it out. "

" We all have Tumblr, and we all have Instagram and everything. People care so much about it because, now, any random can be famous on the Internet if their world looks good on Tumblr. And so everyone at high school strives for this kind of aesthetic correctness. "

" It's funny - nowadays people that are famous get chased by paparazzi. They have this fame, but they don't have the money to hide from it. "

" I don't want to be famous for being famous. "

" Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger. "

" When people say they prefer organic food, what they often seem to mean is they don't want their food tainted with pesticides and their meat shot full of hormones or antibiotics. Many object to the way a few companies - Monsanto is the most famous of them - control so many of the seeds we grow. "

" I have an innate fear of fame. I've never thought being famous looked like such a good place to be. I love being incognito. "

" Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me. "

David Beckham

Famous

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

Karan Patel

Famous

Good

" My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing. "