Leon Russell Quotes
I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes.
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Well, I think a lot of people just want to be 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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I didn't set out to be famous; if I'd wanted that, I would have gone on 'Big Brother.'
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I'm a big soccer fan, so any soccer player that I meet, I always get star struck. I've met a lot of big stars - Justin Timberlake, Michael Buble - and I don't ever get starstruck, but when I met famous ex-football players, I just got completely starstruck.
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When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created an entire myth around himself. It was as important as his music.
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I want to be in 'Glee', but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.
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No one teaches you how to be a famous person; no one teaches you how to be a role model. It's something you have to do on your own.
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The most famous person in my phone is Lindsay Lohan. We starred in 'Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen' together in 2004 and we've stayed in touch.
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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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The most common form of giantism is a condition called acromegaly, and acromegaly is caused by a benign tumor on your pituitary gland that causes an overproduction of human growth hormone. And throughout history, many of the most famous giants have all had acromegaly.
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I have to give importance to my personal life, my family, parents, and sisters. I hope I can strike the right balance.
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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 don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game. I'm from New York. I will kill to get what I need.
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I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
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I love horses.
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When the Queen says 'well done,' it means so much.
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Speech is the twin of my vision, it is unequal to measure itself, it provokes me forever, it says sarcastically, Walt you contain enough, why don't you let it out then?
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I started a production company - all female led, actually - called Freckle Films.
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We make a lot of movies that I don't think merit a wide release. We have this label called Tilt, and we have the movies come out on that, and that's fine. But it shocks me when, having done this a few times, when I really believe a movie should get a wide release, and I struggle to get it released. That does surprise me.
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I didn't start out to become famous, so when it disappeared, I thought, well, that happens sometimes.
