Beverly Sills Quotes
The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
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I will calmly wait for my induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Don't I have the numbers to be inducted?
Sammy Sosa
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Each is responsible for his own actions.
H. L. Hunt
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
Vince Vaughn
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I've been in the public eye now for about 15 or 16 years, and I'm very aware that fame is not a given. I have to maintain it. It's not just something that will always be there. But I've always been a worker. I've never expected be given anything.
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls
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When you get into statistical analysis, you don't really expect to achieve fame. Or to become an Internet meme. Or be parodied by 'The Onion' - or be the subject of a cartoon in 'The New Yorker.' I guess I'm kind of an outlier there.
Nate Silver
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I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
Damien Rice
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Fame hasn't really affected me. I have a really close knit group around me, and my sister is always with me, so it's like a bit of a travelling circus.
Laura Mvula
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I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
Earl Weaver
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If Muslims curse the Christians, then the Christians will curse the Muslims. And people will curse Allah, and Allah will hold us responsible for that.
Feisal Abdul Rauf
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I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
Caitlyn Jenner
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Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
Lady Gaga
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In journalism, we recognize a kind of hierarchy of fame among the famous. We measure it in two ways: by the length of an obituary and by how far in advance it is prepared. Presidents, former presidents, and certain heads of state are at the top of the chain.
Walter Cronkite
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Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.
Hal Newhouser
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
Fran Lebowitz
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I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.
Samantha Fox
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Fame creeps up on you.
Ian Mckellen
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If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
Oprah Winfrey
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Fame is like the dessert that comes with your achievements - it's not an achievement in itself, but sometimes it can overpower the work.
Adam Clayton U2
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I get to hang out with people I think are awesome, and do work I think is awesome. It's really cool.
Harold Perrineau
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While I'm writing, I'm also the first reader, and I want to write a book where I'm excited about what happens next.
Hakan Nesser
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Your slightest look easily will unclose me, though I have closed myself as fingers, you open petal by petal myself a Spring opens her first rose.
e. e. cummings
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I think god gave us talent because he screwed up our hair
Dolly Parton
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The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
Beverly Sills