Marilyn Monroe Quotes
Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.
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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?
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I feel sorry for these kids in bands. Everything is so disposable nowadays. These kids don't even get 15 minutes of fame, it's like a minute and a half.
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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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Fame and stardom sat very easily on Elizabeth Taylor's shoulders.
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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.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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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.
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I don't have a craving for money. And I don't have a craving for fame.
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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.
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I had a successful career: not necessarily a Hall of Fame career, but a successful one.
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I was at UGA playing with Champ Bailey and Hines Ward - both guys who will probably touch the Hall of Fame one day.
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I never went after fame. It fell into my lap.
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Fame is ultimately about the cycles of desire and how to do away with them or manage them well.
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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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Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.
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Andy Warhol made fame more famous.
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I always wanted it, the fame. When it come, I didn't want to let it go.
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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.
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So my one kid's 4, my other kid's 4 months, I'm 44, Barack Obama is the 44th president - it's all lining up nicely here.
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There are worse addictions than reality TV, chocolate and coffee.
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At fashion shows, my brows often get bleached, and they've been dyed back much darker - like jet black, where you can't even see my skin. Sometimes with Just for Men! What a mistake. At times, the two brows aren't even the same color!
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In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.
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Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.
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Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both.
