Being Famous Quotes

• Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

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• The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

  Tom Felton

  Reality, Ideas, Fame

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• We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Truth

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1970). “Think on these things”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.

  Miley Cyrus

  Dream, Kids, Want

  "That's Showbuzz! Highlights of U.S. celeb magazines", uk.reuters.com. November 30, 2007.

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• There is this power that comes with being famous.

  Rod Stewart

  Fame

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• The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

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• I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

  Ray Charles

  Music, Badass, Bad Ass

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• Being humble is cooler than being famous.

  Robin Sharma

  Humble, Be Humble

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Jul 03, 2013

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• Being famous is such a gift for me because small things make people's lives brighter. You just shake somebody's hand. You just smile and write your name and people will talk about it for the rest of their lives.

  Will Smith

  Writing, Hands, Names

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them.

  Larry Wall

  Life, Benefits, Fame

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• You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

  Jay Leno

  Inspirational, Mother, Children

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• I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

  Edie Campbell

  Thinking, Perception, Fame

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• The cool thing about being famous is traveling. I have always wanted to travel across seas, like to Canada and stuff.

  Britney Spears

  Funny, Travel, Sea

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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

  Grateful, Play, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

  Walt Disney

  Life, Fake People, Over You

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• I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

  Donald Miller

  Men, Desire, Sometimes

  Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.198, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Keep your family and old friends around you. That's what I had done and that's what saved my life when it came to being famous.

  Barry Manilow

  Old Friends, Done, Our Family

  "Barry Manilow on Anthony Weiner and the Trappings of Fame: 'I Know That Feeling'". Interview with Steve Baltin, www.hollywoodreporter.com. June 16, 2011.

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• The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say.

  Madonna Ciccone

  People, Listening, Important

  Source: www.usmagazine.com

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• When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.

  James Carville

  Fame, Profession

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• Remember, you can be exalted without a college degree. You can be exalted without being slender and beautiful. You can be exalted without having a successful career. You can be exalted if you are not rich and famous. So focus the best that you can on those things in life that will lead you back to the presence of God - keeping all things in their proper balance.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Life, Success, Beautiful

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• The worst thing about being famous? I think it's what everybody says.. the lack of privacy and the idea that you're not really allowed to make mistakes and everything that you do is viewed under a microscope.

  Madonna Ciccone

  Mistake, Thinking, Ideas

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• Being famous before you've formed your personality, before you have that self-esteem, is dangerous.

  Chris Evert

  Self Esteem, Personality, Fame

  "A Separate Peace" by Steve Friedman, www.elle.com. August 17, 2011.

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• Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

  Pericles

  Inspiring, Memories, Men

  In Thucydides 'History of the Peloponnesian War' ii.43, 3 (translation by Rex Warner)

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• I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Fame, Be Good

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• Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

  Mick Jagger

  Thinking, Faces, Purpose

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