Errol Morris Quotes
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be famous.
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I feel like Adele is a diva. Not in the bad way. She is one of the greatest voices of this industry and of her own art. What she offers is so unique that she's risen to such a status that very few artists can enjoy.
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If you're famous, you're not free.
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Ricky Martin is one of the artists I wanted to be growing up.
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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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Museums are for dead artists. I'd never show my work in the Tate. You'd never get me in that place.
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You can't date if you're famous. That's how it seems to me.
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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 got the famous Oprah hug!
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I grew up with artists and drag queens. These were just my neighbors and friends and the people who are raising me.
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I don't do ski racing to be famous.
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Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and the cash. It's why the president and the vice president are always in demand. These folks are in demand because people around the country want to meet them.
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The more far-out artists, the better.
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I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I respect. And I wanted to be rich. It's best to get rich, then you can do what you want.
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I will either be famous or infamous.
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Reggeton has changed very much, musically. It has evolved. The artists have also evolved.
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I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.
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I'd grown up with a lot of women. My mother was a famous lesbian in the '20s and '30s, and I grew up with only women, so I was used to getting on with them.
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It is an error common to many artists, who strive merely to avoid mistakes, when all our efforts should be to create positive and important work. Better positive and important with mistakes and failures than perfect mediocrity.
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The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.
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Lost opportunities, lost possibilities, feelings we can never get back. That's part of what it means to be alive. But inside our heads - at least that's where I imagine it - there's a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our own heart we have to keep on making new reference cards. We have to dust things off every once in awhile, let in fresh air, change the water in the flower vases. In other words, you'll live forever in your own private library.
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We've all experienced those days when we feel like an absolute failure. It's a normal feeling when things don't go as exactly planned. And, when we feel like that, it's challenging to think of yourself as a successful individual.
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Sleep is like a drug. Take too much at a time and it makes you dopey. You lose time and opportunities.
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It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.
