Fame Quotes
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Fame is but the breath of people, and that often unwholesome.
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Fame, we may understand, is no sure test of merit, but only a probability of such: it is an accident, not a property, of a man; like light, it can give little or nothing, but at most may show what is given.
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You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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By the time I was 11, I wanted to be a comedian. So all those years later, I've managed to achieve my dream as a kid, and it wasn't easy. I'm on the [Hollywood] Walk of Fame and I'm one of the 25 most influential Hispanics in America, according to Time Magazine. I think my duty is to go back and tell kids, 'Whatever color you are, wherever you come from, anything and everything is possible.' And I'm living proof.
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I didn't have parents who were, you know, racing to get a reality television show, you know? Or looking to benefit in some way from their daughter's fame.
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Dream big and surround yourself with brilliance, even if you end up dressed up like a flower or a sexually transmitted disease.
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I would not lose so great an honor As one man more methinks would share with me For the best hope I have.
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Women can resist a man's love, a man's fame, a man's personal appearance, and a man's money, but they cannot resist a man's tongue when he knows how to talk to them.
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No record of her high descent There needs, nor memory of her name; Enough that Raphael’s colors blent To give her features deathless fame.
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Fame is but a fruit tree- so very unsound. It can never flourish 'till its stock is in the ground.
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The splendors that belong unto the fame of earth are but a wind, that in the same direction lasts not long.
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If you get called on to help somebody pull focus to some good cause, that's good use of your fame. I don't try to avoid that.
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In every village marked with little spire, Embowered in trees, and hardly known to fame.
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The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there.
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And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame, But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star, Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!
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I don't care about fame. Problems everywhere.
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I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good.
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Lying in a featherbed will bring you no fame, nor staying beneath the quilt, and he who uses up his life without achieving fame leaves no more vestige of himself on Earth than smoke in the air or foam upon the water.
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All my stepchildren carried the burden of my fame. Sometimes they would read terrible things about me, and I'd worry about whether it would hurt them. I would tell them: 'Don't hide these things from me. I'd rather you ask me these things straight out, and I'll answer all your questions.'
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Fame invades your private life. It takes away from the time that you spend with friends, and the time that you can work. It tends to isolate you from the real world.
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I heard a fella say once he'd rather have a rose bud when he was alive than to have a whole rose garden thrown his way after he is gone. It looks like they've (the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1935) thrown the roses my way while I'm still here.
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Sam Jackson is a director's dream. Some actors hope to find their character during shooting. He knows his character before shooting. Sam's old-school. I just got out of his way. I never did more than two takes with Sam.-william friedkin
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I never prayed for no money, and I never prayed for no fame. I said, 'I'll take care of that myself. You just keep me healthy and I'll do all I can to try to turn people around, to try to steer 'em in the right direction.' That's the whole trip in life, ya know.
