Richard O'Brien Quotes
I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.Richard O'Brien
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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 -
The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous.
Joanne Rowling -
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 -
Slowly but surely, I went through different phases of fame, and each rises you further into isolation and alienation.
T. J. Miller -
My books are character-driven. They're not driven by the story.
Carl Hiaasen -
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 -
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 -
I actually used to smile a lot in pictures. I think I only stopped smiling when I got into fashion. Fashion stole my smile!
Victoria Beckham Spice Girls -
Fame is easy to acquire; impact is much more difficult.
Hans Rosling
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I'm not driven by being understood.
Kary Mullis -
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.
Ian Hislop -
It's such a paradox. You come from this place where you want fame; you don't want to be bourgeois, but you want to be successful. You want to be accepted, but you also want to be going against the grain. You want to be on the outside, but you want to be on the inside.
Dan Colen -
I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.
Naturi Naughton 3LW -
With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.
Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel -
I have a hard time doing anything someone else tells me to do! I've always been driven to follow my own path and not be pushed down another lane because some executive thought I could be more commercially successful or whatever.
Cyndi Lauper Blue Angel
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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.
Sean Lennon -
What is it that's taken hold of me, for me to carry on like this in relentless pursuit of something beyond my powers?
Claude Monet -
A picture is what it is and I've never noticed that it helps to talk about them, or answer specific questions about them, much less volunteer information in words. It wouldn't make any sense to explain them. Kind of diminishes them. People always want to know when something was taken, where it was taken, and, God knows, why it was taken. It gets really ridiculous. I mean, they're right there, whatever they are.
William Eggleston -
Her mother was my wife," the Count roared, loudest of all. "You pathetic excuse for am money-grubbing fool, you disgrace to the face of the world." And with a shriek of disgust he turned and was gone. Guilietta was beside Inigo then, so excited. "Daddy likes you," she said.
William Goldman -
I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.
Richard O'Brien