Fame Quotes
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"Why are they all staring?"demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worry you,"said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous."
"But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Frog cards."
"I had a boyfriend who told me I’d never succeed, never be nominated for a Grammy, never have a hit song, and that he hoped I’d fail. I said to him, ‘Someday, when we’re not together, you won’t be able to order a cup of coffee at the fucking deli without hearing or seeing me."
"The biggest challenge after success is shutting up about it."
"I'm nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody, too? Then there ’s a pair of us—don’t tell! They ’d banish us, you know. How dreary to be somebody! How public, like a frog To tell your name the livelong day To an admiring bog!"
"Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste."
"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."
"I want a billion people to know my name as well as they know their own. I want to clone myself to fame."
"Money is not equal for all people. A strong personal brand adds more lift and leverage. One dollar from me may buy a soda from a car dealership, but one dollar from Justin Bieber may get him a Ferrari. And they'd pay him to drive away."
"The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal."
"People who do a job that claims to be creative have to be alone to recharge their batteries. You can’t live 24 hours a day in the spotlight and remain creative. For people like me, solitude is a victory."
"Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter."
"What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones,The labor of an age in pilèd stones,Or that his hallowed relics should be hidUnder a star-y-pointing pyramid?Dear son of memory, great heir of fame,What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name?"
"Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable."
"Don't set your goals by what other people deem important."
"It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."
"The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat."
"My name is a half an hour early, but my body is on time."
"It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity."
"Lolita is famous, not I. I am an obscure, doubly obscure, novelist with an unpronounceable name."
"Don’t overact the story of your name. Overact the story of your work."
"I think that fame removes true happiness. Because when you are famous, people know you for who they think you are and when you are happy, it's because people have met you and see you for who you really are. Of course, if you are not a great person, it's better to be famous. But if you have greatness, it's better to not be famous."
"Dare to be different. Represent your maker well and you will forever abide in the beautiful embrace of his loving arms."
"I have been to lots of partiesand acted perfectly disgracefulbut I never actually collapsedoh Lana Turner we love you get up"
"Some of you may be perfectly happy with mediocrity. Some of you will get nothing but heartbreak. Some of you will be heralded as geniuses and become huge. Of course, all of you think that one describes you...hence the delusion necessary to push on."
"God rewards every act of obedience to His Will."
"€7,500, first-class, everything—and all that for 40 minutes selling them some old stuff."
"One can't work/by limelight.//A bowlful/right at/one's elbow//produces no/more than/a baleful/glow against/the kitchen table.//The fruit purveyor's/whole unstable/pyramid//doesn't equal/what daylight did."
"The presence of God is so important in the life of believers. There is abundance of all you need to make your life comfortable in His presence."
"Another way of remaining in intimacy with God is by remaining in His presence."
"I don’t want fame, money, or duty. I want to close my eyes and see your loving beauty."
"When the gratitude of many to one throws away all shame, we behold fame."
"I've been making a list of the things they don't teach you at school. They don't teach you how to love somebody. They don't teach you how to be famous. They don't teach you how to be rich or how to be poor. They don't teach you how to walk away from someone you don't love any longer. They don't teach you how to know what's going on in someone else's mind. They don't teach you what to say to someone who's dying. They don't teach you anything worth knowing."
"A place in the sun, that's what I am aiming for... and who could ever ask for more?' -Columbine to Pierrot"
"She raised herself up on an elbow, stroked my forehead & said in a hushed half-whisper, 'You will be famous.' "The seed was planted. Ambition fed on the compost of my vanity."
"People think entrepreneurs are all about fame and money. I was never in for either. And, will never be. This is a much bigger fight."
"Why are they all staring?" demanded Albus as he and Rose craned around to look at the other students."Don’t let it worry you," said Ron. "It’s me. I’m extremely famous."
"Glory of the world makes life meaningless. Glory of God fulfills it."
"The line between the public life and the private life has been erased, due to the rapid decline of manners and courtesy. There is a certain crudeness and crassness that has suddenly become accepted behavior, even desirable."
"Fame is not the reason why brands are created and erected. Be diligent, focused and chain unceasing prayers to God who will continue giving you cheers."
"To put an arrogant 'famous' singer in her place: pretend to be deaf."
"When you are trying so hard to trend or to be relevant. You end up losing yourself. Please Lord keep me grounded so that I dont get confused by fame and by people calling my name. Let me not lead them astray or out of your ways and teachings. Let me not be boostful, selfish and arrogant."
"Going down in history is a dead end pursuit"
"Being rich or famous is the only profound thing that some people have ever said."
"The good ones put your character to the flame and burn away all the rest of the shit until you come out a better you."
"Beware ! Heart is too small to feel happy but soul is too big to take glory"
"Dying is the fastest route to fame for an aspiring rock star. The dead man’s melodies become profound, acquiring deep mystery and rising into a realm beyond the reach of human criticism. In the stopping of a heartbeat, the rocker is transformed from decadent, depraved hedonist into misunderstood genius. Aye, death and musical stardom go together like Scotland and rain."
"Most sane human beings who have managed to attain and retain fame each uses it to dramatically increase their name’s chances of being remembered until Jesus comes back, since their heart cannot do what they consciously or unconsciously lust for, that is to say, for it to beat until Jesus returns."
"Some women’s greatest achievement is sleeping with a man who is rich, famous, and/or wanted by many women, whereas some women’s greatest achievement is refusing to sleep with such a man."
"Fame is an epiphany of bubbles that are transient and pugnacious."
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