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“Fame and insecurity don’t usually mix well. Though the fame maybe easily attainable, acceptance by the masses to one’s satisfaction, usually isn’t.”

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“When the creator sees the illusion of fame for what it is, it loses its power over him.”

Art Artist Fame

Book:The Crowd, The Critic And The Muse: A Book For Creators

Source: The Crowd, The Critic And The Muse: A Book For Creators

“But no: he was empty, he was confronted by a vast anger, a desperate anger, he saw it and could almost have touched it. But it was inert - if it were to live and find expression and suffer, he must lend it his own body. It was other people's anger. "Swine!" He clenched his fists, he strode along, but nothing came, the anger remained external to himself.”

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Book:The age of reason

Source: The age of reason

“I stand on the banks of time silently witnessing the world change beneath my feet. I arrive at a desirable place in a world when I learn to accept a world devoid of my paltry existence. When my self-inflicted wounds heal, I will stand as mute as a mountain impervious to the whimsy of the quaking world and no longer be deluded into aspiring to be a member of a fantasy world of pleasure-seeking people. Fame and fortune do not matter to an enlightened person, it is sufficient simply to be present and unflinchingly support all life forms without hesitation.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Joan Baez was a personality before she was entirely a person, and, like anyone to whom that happens, she is in a sense the hapless victim of what others have seen in her, written about her, wanted her to be and not to be.”

Book:Slouching towards Bethlehem

Source: Slouching towards Bethlehem

“Dispatches and warnings from this side of the fame fence tend to go ignored, dismissed as either whining or false modesty; if they weren't ignored, if people listened, no one would ever again seek attention. But they always do, they strive and strive, hoping one day they, too, will have the luxury of lamenting their high profile.”

Book:American Wife

Source: American Wife

“If love at first sight were mutual, or to be conciliated by kind offices; if the fondest affection were not so often repaid and chilled by indifference and scorn; if so many lovers both before and since the madman in Don Quixote had not ‘worshipped a statue, hunted the wind, cried aloud to the desert’; if friendship were lasting; if merit were renown, and renown were health, riches, and long life; or if the homage of the world were paid to conscious worth and the true aspirations after excellence, instead of its gaudy signs and outward trappings, then indeed I might be of opinion that it is better to live to others than one’s self; but as the case stands, I incline to the negative side of the question.”

Fame Merit Worth

Book:The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things; Volume I

Source: The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things; Volume I

“Being famous means surrounding yourself in the collective opinions of the masses. It takes a strong will not to drown in such powerful currents. - The Malwatch”

Life Philosophy Wisdom Truth Dark Fame Ironic Popularity Weird The Malwatch

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“If you wish to be happy, you have to choose happiness over wealth, power, success or fame. You have to accord happiness the highest priority in life.”

Success Wealth Power Fame Happy

Book:31 Ways to Happiness

Source: 31 Ways to Happiness

“Most of us believe that wealth is the greatest source of happiness. People sacrifice everything to earn wealth with the hope that it will lead to happiness. Undoubtedly, wealth can provide us with worldly pleasures, comforts, status in the society and even fame, but it is noteworthy that our greatest source of pain is also wealth.”

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Book:31 Ways to Happiness

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“When you are kind, you start appreciating weaknesses more than fame, pain more than pretense.”

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Author:Nitya Prakash