Eric Heiden Quotes
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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I don't think I could think of a single thing that's more isolating than being famous.
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Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.
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Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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All dictators, the rich and famous, to the lowest security guard who holds a gun, easily forget that power is transitory.
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It was deeply important for me to understand where Mandela came from. Because we know where he was going, and that's a famous story, but who was he? Where did he come from? What was his upbringing?
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Some people are instantly brilliant. The Kenneth Branaghs of this world are ready-formed actors at 23 - he has used his success in lots of different ways - but there are people out there for whom acting is: 'Ooh, I can get on the telly and be famous.'
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I've never been more famous than I was, suddenly, in 1986.
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The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
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I'm working on bridging the gap between mainstream famous and Internet famous. They're two different things, but eventually, social media will be the way to become a celebrity.
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I had a very famous trainer tell me once, 'You can usually train a wild animal but never tame a wild animal, ever.' They are always going to be wild, no matter what anybody says.
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I'd definitely rather be rich than famous.
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I grew up with the one of the most famous fathers in the world in the 1960s and '70s. He passed away in 1984, and as time went on, people didn't know him. That blew me away.
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The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government.
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I just want to be rich and famous.
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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.
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I grew up in eastern Kentucky, and we would sing in the churches, and there's lots of good mountain church singers out there. Like a lot of folks who turn out to be secular music artists, that's a lot of the training you put in, whether you know it or not.
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I know I seem really friendly, but I'm a closet introvert.
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The success was a difficult thing for me to get my head round. When it gets too much, I just have to disappear - to sort my head.
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We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
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I romanticized domesticity for a while, and loved having a shopping list of groceries stuck to the fridge for the first time.
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I didn't get into skating to be famous.
