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Famous Quotes

I’ll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don’t have to be famous Picture Quote #1

Don’t seek to be a person of fame, for even villains can be famous. Instead, be a person of value. Fame fades but value is honored Picture Quote #1

I don’t think I’m known for my gifts - I’m known for my gall. I don’t want to be just a famous person - I’m too old Picture Quote #1

It’s very hard, when you’re a famous person, to de-famous your home, but tokens of my fame just felt like a burden for my children. And for me Picture Quote #1

I’ve never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well Picture Quote #1

I don’t think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I’ve had has not been a positive experience for me at all Picture Quote #1

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No doubt there are people who are our guests [ in Oh, Hello] who are more famous, but to me, Mel Brooks is the most famous person. So that was really cool Picture Quote #1

Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done Picture Quote #1

I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher Picture Quote #1

In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness Picture Quote #1

As a writer, I tend to be drawn to marginal people - writers, poet-prophets, seers, eccentrics - who embody the deeper ambivalences of their societies and bear deeper witness to their world than the famous figures we are used to celebrating, or demonizing, in our histories Picture Quote #1

When I was two I was always like I wanna be a famous singer when I grow up. When you listen to most kids they went in and did all these competitions. I was never like that, my mom never pushed me like that. I pretty much just sang when I wanted to Picture Quote #1

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My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini Picture Quote #1

Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman’s novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer Picture Quote #1

I didn’t think I was a famous singer. I didn’t think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do Picture Quote #1

I’ve been singing since I was 16 because I love it - I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There’s a difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to sing well Picture Quote #1

The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn’t out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It’s not like I love interviews Picture Quote #1

I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I’m a famous singer, a public figure, and I’m a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can Picture Quote #1

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I was a shy kid, but somehow I knew I would make it as a performer. I’d always be telling my mum that I was going to be a famous singer. In my school yearbooks I would write, ‘Remember me when I’m famous.’ I knew I had a gift Picture Quote #1

It was that famous joke: What’s the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? ‘Hey, I wrote a song.’ Picture Quote #1

I’ve never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don’t know that I’m ever gonna write a song that you will know who it’s about Picture Quote #1

But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits Picture Quote #1

I didn’t feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches, ... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none of it, but that’s not true Picture Quote #1

I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay Picture Quote #1

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I’ve always liked women. But I don’t want somebody who likes me because I’m famous. I like girls who are intelligent and who are kind of quiet like me Picture Quote #1

Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O’Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques Picture Quote #1

I learned that famous writers are people with foibles like anyone else and this helped me realize reaching their level of notoriety wasn’t impossible Picture Quote #1

To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China’s most famous writers Picture Quote #1

The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know, my fantasy of being a famous writer, and again there’s a slight disconnect with reality which happens a lot with me. I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen Picture Quote #1

It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a destiny to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century Picture Quote #1

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I’ll be the songwriter for pop stars and then they can be the front person and I don’t have to be famous. (Famous Quotes) Don’t seek to be a person of fame, for even villains can be famous. Instead, be a person of value. Fame fades but value is honored. (Famous Quotes) I don’t think I’m known for my gifts - I’m known for my gall. I don’t want to be just a famous person - I’m too old. (Famous Quotes) It’s very hard, when you’re a famous person, to de-famous your home, but tokens of my fame just felt like a burden for my children. And for me. (Famous Quotes) I’ve never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to be a famous person or anything like that, and I think my fans know that as well. (Famous Quotes) I don’t think of myself as a very famous person, but the modicum of celebrity that I’ve had has not been a positive experience for me at all. (Famous Quotes) No doubt there are people who are our guests [ in Oh, Hello] who are more famous, but to me, Mel Brooks is the most famous person. So that was really cool. (Famous Quotes) Though you can get smart from reading everything that a smart person writes, you cannot get famous from reading about everything that a famous person does or is said to have done. (Famous Quotes) I fear that, in the end, the famous debate among materialists, idealists, and dualists amounts to a merely verbal dispute that is more a matter for the linguist than for the speculative philosopher. (Famous Quotes) In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long known - that the essence of money is in its absolute worthlessness. (Famous Quotes) As a writer, I tend to be drawn to marginal people - writers, poet-prophets, seers, eccentrics - who embody the deeper ambivalences of their societies and bear deeper witness to their world than the famous figures we are used to celebrating, or demonizing, in our histories. (Famous Quotes) When I was two I was always like I wanna be a famous singer when I grow up. When you listen to most kids they went in and did all these competitions. I was never like that, my mom never pushed me like that. I pretty much just sang when I wanted to. (Famous Quotes) My great-grandmother was born in London, the daughter of a Brixton coachman, and became the most famous singer in Australia. Her name was Marie Carandini, Madame Carandini. (Famous Quotes) Even when she was alive, Esther Kreitman’s novels, short stories and translations received far less attention than the work of her famous brothers, I. J. and Isaac Bashevis Singer. (Famous Quotes) I didn’t think I was a famous singer. I didn’t think I was a star or that I could make the waters part - just that singing was what I was going to do. (Famous Quotes) I’ve been singing since I was 16 because I love it - I wanted to be a singer, not a star. There’s a difference between wanting to be famous and wanting to sing well. (Famous Quotes) The only reason I became the singer in the band is because I sang the best. It wasn’t out of some desire to be a star or be a famous singer. It’s not like I love interviews. (Famous Quotes) I feel strongly about HIV/AIDS and children because I’m a famous singer, a public figure, and I’m a female and a mother. I have the responsibility and the passion to help out and do whatever I can. (Famous Quotes) I was a shy kid, but somehow I knew I would make it as a performer. I’d always be telling my mum that I was going to be a famous singer. In my school yearbooks I would write, ‘Remember me when I’m famous.’ I knew I had a gift. (Famous Quotes) It was that famous joke: What’s the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? ‘Hey, I wrote a song.’ (Famous Quotes) I’ve never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don’t know that I’m ever gonna write a song that you will know who it’s about. (Famous Quotes) But also there are all the famous stories about the songs that have been rejected, but then went on to become hits. (Famous Quotes) I didn’t feel good about cutting out parts of very famous speeches, ... You think you somehow need all of it or you get none of it, but that’s not true. (Famous Quotes) I was never very interested in boys - and there were plenty of them - vying with one another to see how many famous women they would get into the hay. (Famous Quotes) I’ve always liked women. But I don’t want somebody who likes me because I’m famous. I like girls who are intelligent and who are kind of quiet like me. (Famous Quotes) Our most famous writers are Faulkner and Eudora Welty and Flannery O’Connor. It would make sense that the poetry would reflect some of those same values, some of the same techniques. (Famous Quotes) I learned that famous writers are people with foibles like anyone else and this helped me realize reaching their level of notoriety wasn’t impossible. (Famous Quotes) To my surprise, the more I searched about Qi Xiangfu, the more I found of a life lived partly online. He once wrote a short memoir in which he described himself in the third person, with the formality usually reserved for China’s most famous writers. (Famous Quotes) The fame thing is interesting because I never wanted to be famous, and I never dreamt I would be famous. You know, my fantasy of being a famous writer, and again there’s a slight disconnect with reality which happens a lot with me. I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen. (Famous Quotes) It seemed perfectly possible that, in spite of my certainty of my own genius, I might die of some illness, or perhaps even in a street accident, before I had ever glimpsed the meaning of life. My moods of happiness and self-confidence convinced me that I had a destiny to become a famous writer, and to be remembered as one of the most important thinkers of the century. (Famous Quotes)

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