Fame Quotes - Page 24

• He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.

  Samuel Johnson

  Fear, Wind, Storm

  Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy (1811). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes”, p.118

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• The difficulty is to know conscience from self-interest.

  William Dean Howells

  Self, Difficulty, Interest

  William Dean Howells (2015). “Delphi Complete Works of William Dean Howells (Illustrated)”, p.2193, Delphi Classics

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• Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other.

  Denis Diderot

  Evil, Genius, World

  "Dictionary of Foreign Quotations". Book by Mary Collison and Robert L. Collison, p. 98, 1980.

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• Our energy is in proportion to the resistance it meets. We attempt nothing great but from a sense of the difficulties we have to encounter, we persevere in nothing great but from a pride in overcoming them.

  William Hazlitt

  Perseverance, Passion, Ambition

  William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.62

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• The problem with property is that it takes so much of your time.

  Willem de Kooning

  Time, Humility, Earth

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• Make a virtue of necessity.

  Geoffrey Chaucer

  Humility, Virtue

  Geoffrey Chaucer (1822). “Arcita and Paloma: After the Excellent Poet, Geoffrey Chaucer”, p.109

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• The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.

  Augustus Hare

  Inspirational, Humility, Men

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• When I hear a man applauded by the mob I always feel a pang of pity for him. All he has to do to be hissed is to live long enough.

  H. L. Mencken

  Humility, Men, Long

  H.L. Mencken (2013). “Minority Report”, p.352, Knopf

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• Vanity plays lurid tricks with our memory.

  Joseph Conrad

  Memories, Humility, Vanity

  Joseph Conrad (2005). “Selected Works of Joseph Conrad”, p.225, Wordsworth Editions

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• Tonight, it's the rock and roll all night and party every day hall of fame.

  Tom Morello

  Party, Night, Rocks

  "Joan Jett, Kim Gordon, St. Vincent, Lorde Perform With Nirvana Members at Rock Hall Induction Ceremony" by Molly Beauchemin and Jenn Pelly, pitchfork.com. April 11, 2014.

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• I told a story with the E Street Band that was bigger and better than I could have done on my own.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Band, Stories, Done

  "Rock Hall Quotes: 20 Awesome Quips From Nirvana, Springsteen, Kiss and More" by Jessica Letkemann, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2014.

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• I saw her do 'Different Drum' and thought, that's what I'm gonna do. I don't look that good in cut-offs, but that's what I'm gonna do.

  Stevie Nicks

  Cutting, Different, Looks

  "Rock Hall Quotes: 20 Awesome Quips From Nirvana, Springsteen, Kiss and More" by Jessica Letkemann, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2014.

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• Don't look at the poster on your wall and think 'I could never do that.' Look at the poster on your wall and think 'I'm gonna do that!'

  Dave Grohl

  Wall, Thinking, Looks

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  We struggled together, and sometimes, we struggled with one another... We took care of one another... In the end, we kept faith in each other.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Together, Care, Sometimes

  Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band Induction Speech, www.rollingstone.com. April 11, 2014.

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• She's intense and passionate, so she's perfect.

  Krist Novoselic

  Perfect, Passionate, Intense

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• He helped John Cusak get his girlfriend back.

  Chris Martin

  Girlfriend

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• You can kiss my Kiss-loving ass because Kiss was never a critic's band. It was a people's band.

  Tom Morello

  Kissing, People, Band

  "Rock Hall Quotes: 20 Awesome Quips From Nirvana, Springsteen, Kiss and More" by Jessica Letkemann, www.hollywoodreporter.com. April 11, 2014.

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• They spoke truth and a lot of people listened.... that voice, Kurt we miss you.

  Michael Stipe

  Voice, People, Missing

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• The best people renounce all for one goal, the eternal fame of mortals; but most people stuff themselves like cattle.

  Heraclitus

  People, Goal, Stuff

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• When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

  Samuel Johnson

  Happiness, Pride, Power

  Samuel Johnson (1827). “The Rambler”, p.224

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• In Italian there is an expression: We don't sleep on the fame.

  Donatella Versace

  Sleep, Italian, Expression

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

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• In accumulating property for ourselves or our posterity, in founding a family or a state, or acquiring fame even, we are mortal; but in dealing with truth we are immortal, and need fear no change nor accident.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Truth, Fear, Needs

  Henry David Thoreau (2009). “Walden”, p.64, Cosimo, Inc.

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• People tell me what to do every single day. They think I'm boring. I'm Disney kid. So, there's that.

  Selena Gomez

  Kids, Thinking, People

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• I always thought that if you had any real proximity to famous people, that your obsession with famous people, would wane is some way. Like, I wouldn't want to deep google Matthew McConaughey's early relationships for hours before I go to bed. And it's just gotten worse.

  Lena Dunham

  Real, People, Google

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• When we were young people, all we ever wanted was to be good working actors. We didn't think of fame or money because, honestly, money was never part of the dream.

  Sarah Jessica Parker

  Dream, Thinking, People

  "The Girl Just Wants to Have Fun" by Cathy Horyn, www.harpersbazaar.com. August 6, 2013.

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