Fame Quotes - Page 18

• I served the famous professors and scholars, and eventually they learned that the Reverend Moon is superior to them. Even Nobel laureate academics who thought they were at the center of knowledge are as nothing in front of me.

  Sun Myung Moon

  Moon, Unification Church, Academic

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• Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

  Alanis Morissette

  Self, People, Hatred

  "This much I know: Alanis Morissette" by Kerry Potter, www.theguardian.com. August 25, 2012.

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• I have a profound empathy for people who are in the public eye, whether they manifest it themselves or whether it happened by accident - it doesn't matter to me. I think there's a great misunderstanding of what it is to be famous.

  Alanis Morissette

  Eye, Thinking, People

  "Alanis Morissette on Her New Album, Changing Diapers, and Celebrity: 'Fame for Me Was Relatively Hollow'". Interview with Marc Spitz, www.vanityfair.com. August 28, 2012.

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• I think it's child abuse to have someone in the public eye too young. Society basically values wealth and fame and power at the cost of well-being. In the case of a child, it's at the cost of someone's natural development. It's already hard enough to develop.

  Alanis Morissette

  Children, Eye, Thinking

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• But once I acclimated and really used fame for what it was offering me as a tool to serve my life purpose of inspiring and contributing, then it started to get fun again.

  Alanis Morissette

  Inspiring, Fun, Offering

  Interview With Spence D., www.ign.com. June 18, 2004.

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• A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.

  Van Morrison

  Good Morning, Thinking, Perception

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• The fire in the belly is essential, otherwise you become Michael Buble - famous and meaningless.

  Steven Morrissey

  Fire, Essentials, Belly

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• Some actors learn the habit of promoting themselves as a brand - by dressing in a certain way, by going out with a certain person - it gives them what they obviously want, which is to keep a level of fame. I'm not putting it down.

  Viggo Mortensen

  Giving, Going Out, Actors

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• Fame is morally neutral.

  Edward R. Murrow

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• Barack Obama is the most famous living person in the history of the world.

  Dee Dee Myers

  World, Barack, Persons

  "Is Obama The Most Famous Living Person Ever?" by Dee Dee Myers, www.vanityfair.com. January 2009.

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• With fame there is a crosswire between intensity and intimacy. You have decoy intimacy, but you are also very much alone.

  Mike Myers

  Intimacy, Intensity

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• We collectively have a special place in our heart for the manned space flight program - Apollo nostalgia is one element, but that is only part of it. American culture worships explorers - look at the fame of Lewis and Clark, for example. The American people want to think of themselves as supporting exploration.

  Nathan Myhrvold

  Heart, Thinking, Space Flight

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• Fame is very corrosive and you have to guard very strictly against it.

  Edward Norton

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• I'm not in the leftist controlled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because of my political views, primarily my lifelong militant support of the NRA, the Second Amendment, and my belief that the only good bad guy is a dead bad guy.

  Ted Nugent

  Rocks, Views, Rock And Roll

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• Michael Jackson was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It caused quite a controversy, because his nose isn't eligible for another fifteen years.

  Conan O'Brien

  Rocks, Years, Rock And Roll

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• I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.

  Sinead O'Connor

  Wish, Normal, Persons

  "Sinead O'Connor to retire ...again" by Gil Kaufman, www.mtv.com. April 25, 2003.

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• Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Powerful, Teaching, Tools

  Bill O'Reilly (2002). “The No Spin Zone: Confrontations with the Powerful and Famous in America”, p.7, Three Rivers Press

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• One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.

  Bill O'Reilly

  Wish, Desire, Attention

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• If you want me in the Hall of Fame put me in because of some contributions that I have made to country music.

  Buck Owens

  Country, Want, Made

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• Fame is empowering. My mistake was that I thought I would instinctively know how to handle it. But there's no manual, no training course.

  Charlie Sheen

  Mistake, Empowering, Training

  Interview with David Rensin, www.playboy.com. April 15, 2011.

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• Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.

  Alan Shepard

  Believe, Pilots, Fields

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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.

  Nate Silver

  Cartoon, Analysis, Onions

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• Never underestimate the power of being popular in pop culture. You have to be able to do something. You can have a good seat at the restaurant, but you still have to pay for the meal. Fame is important, but to be rich is more important.

  Gene Simmons

  Important, Pay, Able

  "Kiss and Tell: Gene Simmons talks business". Interview with Stacy Perman, www.nbcnews.com. September 11, 2008.

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• I find fame to be quite unnatural. Humans are not built for extreme adoration.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Adoration, Extremes, Humans

  "25 Things You Don’t Know About Me: Jada Pinkett Smith". www.usmagazine.com. August 4, 2010.

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• I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.

  Hope Solo

  Football, Thinking, Idyllic

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