William Wordsworth Quotes
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I think the most successful are the most paranoid. The first thing people do when they buy a mansion is they build the biggest wall you could possibly build around it. What happens is, now you become a target. If I go into the hood, I'm at a disadvantage. They could carry guns. I can't. They can hit me in the face. I can't.
Ice T -
I grew up in the hood, and I was raised to hate cops. But then, I started to realize that they're people, and they have lives, too.
Manny Montana -
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
Joanne Rowling -
When I did 'Boyz N The Hood', I never thought how we grew up in South Central was interesting enough for a movie.
Ice Cube -
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 -
I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
Damien Rice
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The Border Ballads, for instance, and the Robin Hood Ballads, clearly suppose a state of society which is nothing but a very circumscribed and not very important heroic age.
Lascelles Abercrombie -
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 -
I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day.
Omari Hardwick -
I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
Caitlyn Jenner -
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 -
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 -
I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.
Samantha Fox -
When we were on 'The X Factor,' we didn't realize how overnight the fame thing was. We didn't really understand it until we went on a shopping trip. It was like Week 7 or 8 of the show. We went with a few other contestants and there were loads of people, packed.
Zayn Malik One Direction -
Fame creeps up on you.
Ian Mckellen -
If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are.
Oprah Winfrey -
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've always loved history, from my youngest memories. My father enjoyed the great stories of history, like Hereward the Wake, Robin Hood, and Richard the Lionheart, and he shared them with me. I went on to do a degree in history, though I found it rather dry, because it was mostly about politics rather than dashing individuals!
Jo Beverley -
My agent asked if I fancied Robin Hood and I thought: 'Yeah, why not?' I hadn't watched it, to be honest, but I'd seen bits and knew it was really popular Saturday family viewing with heaps of action. I thought it would be great fun. I was up for a good old play-fighting and the scripts were terrifically exciting.
Joanne Froggatt -
I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
There are times when I love the world and love everyone, and I want to talk to everyone, and other times when I feel really disillusioned, and like none of this is real, nothing is real around me.
Tali Lennox -
Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.
Edsger Dijkstra -
A famous man is Robin Hood, The English ballad-singer's joy.
William Wordsworth