Fame Quotes
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Tis a petty kind of fame At best, that comes of making violins; And saves no masses, either. Thou wilt go To purgatory none the less.
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Fame is merely the fact of being misunderstood by millions of people.
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The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
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Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy.
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I love being famous. It validates that I have something to say.
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He that will sell his fame will also sell the public interest.
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Know the difference between success and fame. Success is Mother Teresa. Fame is Madonna.
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A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.
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How bravely Autumn paints upon the sky The gorgeous fame of Summer which is fled!
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I'm not into fame. I'm not into making money, outside of financing my books. I'm not into status. My thing is basically about time - not wasting it.
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It stirs up envy, fame does.
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Patience is the greatest of all virtues.
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The fame which bids fair to live the longest resembles that which Horace attributes to Marcellus, whose progress he compares to the silent, imperceptible growth of a tree.
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At root fame is a sham. I'm not going to live forever and if I am I certainly need don't you to tell me that so that I will buy a car or a box of dried up crackers.
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Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus?
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When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
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Discuss unto me: art thou officer, Or art thou base, common, and popular?
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I don't think fame changes people. People change as they gather more experiences and information about life.
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Fame has a special burden, which I might as well state here and now. I don't mind being burdened with being glamorous and sexual. But what goes with it can be a burden.
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I've never been driven by fame or money or anything like that. It's never been part of my psyche.
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Modeling's actually been treating me a lot better at age 24 than when I was 21. Young girls get their hopes up and have fifteen minutes of fame; it's really sad, because there are very few models who last anymore.
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You have to work in this business on your own terms. Don't sell out for money, fame, or notoriety.
