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" Whether as living humans or as mythological figures, ancestors have always played an important role in the African popular and literary imagination. Sometimes, as in Amos Tutuola's famous short novels, they directly influence events. More often, as in the works of Chinua Achebe, both living and dead ancestors are sages offering valuable advice. "

Uzodinma Iweala

Famous

Short

" Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30. "

" It has always been important to me to be a creative artist, not to be a star, not to be rich, not to be famous. "

Donna McKechnie

Rich

Star

" I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. "

Moses Mendelssohn

Debate

Famous

" I'm famous today. People like me today. Might not like me tomorrow. You can't count on it. "

Dave Chappelle

People

You

" I never thought I was going to be popular; I never thought I was going to be famous. "

" In the sixties, everyone you knew became famous. My flatmate was Terence Stamp. My barber was Vidal Sassoon. David Hockney did the menu in a restaurant I went to. I didn't know anyone unknown who didn't become famous. "

" All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory. "

" A friend at school was always being laughed at because his father emptied dustbins for a living. But those who laughed worshipped famous footballers. This is an example of our topsy-turvy view of 'success.' Who would we miss most if they did not work for a month, the footballer or the garbage collector? "

" I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part. "

" None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone. "

" I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me. "

Cary Grant

Somebody

Person

" When you're as famous as I am, stories take on a life of their own. "

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

" 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. "

" Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great parts. "

" There's this famous observation that I totally believe: Great startup ideas are the ones that lie in the intersection of the Venn diagram of 'is a good idea' and 'looks like a bad idea.' So you want most people to think it's a bad idea and thus not compete with you until you get giant. But for it to secretly be good. "

" I had a flight trainer who is one of the biggest and most famous helicopter pilots the world. "

" I'm actually about as famous as a fourth division footballer from the 70s. "

" I don't know if this is the kind of retrospective analysis that people are fond of applying to their work or actions, but it feels like I knew I was going to be famous and I knew that an element of that would be traumatic, so that if I could make myself something big and otherworldly, it would be a kind of defence. "

" I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio 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. "

" Being famous gets me good concert tickets, good tables in restaurants, good seats at sporting events and that's really about it. "

Fran Drescher

Events

Famous

" One famous movie executive, who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer, not an exhibitor.' "

" My name is not big enough for people to go, 'Let me throw money at you because you're so famous!' "

" It's funny, when bands or younger musicians ask me: 'So, what does it take to make it?' Well, first explain to me what you mean by 'making it': Do you want to be a rock star or do you want music to be your livelihood? "

" 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? "

" Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I'm really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen. "

" In my senior year of high school, I read an article in 'Newsweek' about child soldiers in Sierra Leone. I felt a sense of shock - this was happening in the region where I'm from, and people don't know about it. I wanted to understand. "