Fame Quotes - Page 14

• I never cease to be amazed why some of my friends became famous and others, just as talented, didn't. I've come to suspect it's a matter of wanting fame or not, and those who don't want it, don't get it.

  Malcolm Cowley

  Want, Matter, Amazed

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• The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous....You know I didn't think they'd rake through my bins, I didn't expect to be photographed on the beach through long lens. I never dreamt it would impact my daughter's life negatively, which at times it has. It would be churlish to say there's nothing good about being famous; to have a total stranger walk up to you as you're walking around Safeways, and say a number of nice things that they might say about your work.

  J. K. Rowling

  Daughter, Beach, Nice

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• Whatever fame a novelist my attain, it's always kind of an anonymous one. I can go anywhere, and no one knows who I am.

  Jonathan Kellerman

  Who I Am, Novelists, Kind

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• You write one book and you're ready for fame and fortune. I don't know that people are spending the time and attention on learning how to write-which takes years. Everybody sees the success stories.

  Sue Grafton

  Book, Writing, Years

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• Only that which lasts forever is real. That which is done in the temple lasts forever; therefore, the temple is the real world. Most of what we experience "out there," such as sickness, wealth, poverty, fame, etc., lasts for only a short period of time, so it is not the real world.

  John H. Groberg

  Real, Forever, Poverty

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• Scott has to be one of the most talented artists I've ever seen. He really captures his subjects in a unique way. He is extremely generous as well. How many artists are willing to donate some of their best works to charity? The Texas Sports Hall of Fame has benefited greatly from Medlock's donated paintings, which are the cornerstones of our auction!

  Bob Lilly

  Sports, Artist, Unique

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• It never really felt like I had a lot of substance in my life. I had broken up with my former husband (Ron Samuels) and I kind of looked around. I didn't have a lot of friends. I had become isolated by fame. I longed for a family and some substantive relationships. Fame is a vapor. You can't grab hold of it.

  Lynda Carter

  Husband, Broken, Lots Of Friends

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

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• There are a lot of perks that come with fame and with every positive there's a negative and then it all kind of balances out. The travelling is great. You get to see so many different places but there's a downside; having everything splattered across every media resource that exists, being chased by photographers and have them sit at the end of your driveway every day. But it all kind of balances.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Media, Balance, Negative

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• We have lots of heroes today - sportsmen, supermodels, media personalities. They come, they have their 15 minutes of fame, and they go. But the influence of good teachers stays with us. They are the people who really shape our lives.

  Jonathan Sacks

  Teacher, Hero, Media

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• I stand here not because I have fame or money or because I play on TV or hit a World Series home run. That doesn't matter. It doesn't matter because I stand here as a humble person because I know He could have picked someone else. In His Word he says, 'the least of us shall be first.' When I look up, I realize I am blessed and I say thank you Jesus for all you have done for me because without you I would be nothing.

  Joe Carter

  Running, Jesus, Blessed

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• The Baseball Hall of Fame is something every player dreams about, but being a member of God's Hall of Fame is the greatest achievement of all. God offers each of us the gift of eternal life through Jesus Christ. When we accept God's gift of salvation, our name is written in the Book of Life, guaranteeing us a place in heaven forever. I made that decision during spring training in 1973, asking Jesus to come into my heart as Lord and Savior.

  Gary Carter

  Baseball, Dream, Jesus

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• Celebrity is more than a culture today; it is an industry, complete with fame factories.

  Mal Fletcher

  Today, Culture, Factories

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• People alway ask me what advantages fame has started to bring; there are always plenty of free drinks, but other times people wanna put stuff into your drink to kill you off. Their gonna have to try a lot harder if they want to get me.

  Marilyn Manson

  People, Trying, Want

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• I believe nothing happens by accident. My fame has happened for a reason. My fans are my kindred spirits in revolution. If anyone chooses to ignore the message or the messenger, they do so at their own risk. Believe it or not, there are many more people out there that understand what I am trying to do than society wants to admit. The way I live my life represents a much bigger part of America than anyone would care to imagine

  Marilyn Manson

  Believe, America, People

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• [Every] hour of delay abates the fame and force of the invader, and multiplies the resources of defensive war.

  Edward Gibbon

  War, Delay, Hours

  Edward Gibbon (1871). “The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire”, p.580

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• If you do not find peace within, you will not find it anywhere else. The Goal of Life is the attainment of Peace and not the achievement of power, name, fame and wealth.

  Sivananda

  Names, Goal, Achievement

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• I am going to say something I have never said before and this is the truth. I have no reason to lie to you and God knows I am telling the truth. I think all my success and fame and I have wanted it, I have wanted it because I wanted to be loved. That's all. That's the real truth.

  Michael Jackson

  Real, Lying, Thinking

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• Money is a good thing and it's obviously useful, but to work only for money or fame would never interest me.

  Annie Lennox

  Good Things, Interest

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• I love Bono. I really respect what he has done for Africa and how he has used his fame to do good in the world. I hope I can do half as much in my life.

  Alicia Keys

  Done, Half, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If somebody told me back in 1980 that I would have a 32-year career, and that I'd be [elected into the Hall of Fame], I'd say no way. For three years, I couldn't even break into the Phillies broadcast booth. I was just hoping to make it, much less be mentioned as a Ford Frick winner. Believe me, when I started out, this award wasn't even close to being on the radar.

  Tim McCarver

  Believe, Years, Careers

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• Writers get exactly the right amount of fame: just enough to get a good table in a restaurant but not enough so that people are constantly interrupting you while you're eating dinner.

  Fran Lebowitz

  People, Tables, Dinner

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• Sweet were the days when I was all unknown, But when my name was lifted up, the storm Brake on the mountain and I cared not for it. Right well know I that fame is half disfame.

  Alfred Lord Tennyson

  Sweet, Names, Storm

  Alfred, Lord Tennyson (2012). “Idylls of the King”, p.125, Courier Corporation

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• I want to shout out the stars on the walk of fame because they said something about they're not going to put my girl on the Walk of Fame because she's a reality star. It's like, people are so so dated and not modern. There's no way that Kim Kardashian should not have a star on the Walk of Fame. It's ridiculous concepts. I'm just going to give y'all the truth and you're just going to love it.

  Kanye West

  Girl, Stars, Reality

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• Fame, at one time, was associated with accomplishment, but in this day and age fame and notoriety have become confused.

  Don Henley

  Confused, Accomplishment, Age

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• There are a lot of perks that come with fame, and with every positive there's a negative, and then it all kind of balances out.

  Ashton Kutcher

  Balance, Negative, Kind

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