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“Fame is a big joke. Stars need to stop taking themselves so seriously.”

“If you have money and you have fame, but you don't have any confidence in your blackness, then it's all for nothing.”

“There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to.”

Situation Fame Illness Relate Finding Yourself Terminal Terminal Illness

Author:Diablo Cody

“In many cases, people who win a Nobel prize, their work slows down after that because of the distractions. Yes, fame is rewarding, but it's a pity if it keeps you from doing the work you are good at.”

People Ifs Winning Cases Fame Pity Prize Distraction Slow Down Nobel Nobel Prize

Author:Charles Hard Townes

“That is my essential reason for writing, not for fame, not to be celebrated after death, but to heighten and create life all around me. I also write because when I am writing I reach the high moment of fusion sought by the mystics, the poets, the lovers, a sense of communion with the universe.”

Writing Reason Moments Universe Poet Lovers Fame Essentials Communion After Death Fusion

Author:Anais Nin

“It is a challenge, with the global fame, to try to act like I put my pants on one leg at a time, when in fact I have Pippa Middleton help me put my pants on every morning. She's my lady-in-waiting as well.”

Trying Wells Facts Helping Waiting Challenges Morning Fame Legs Help Me Pants Every Morning

Author:Kathy Griffin

“When I got into the film world, I got sucked into the secular aspect of the entertainment field and I really drifted away from my faith. Its amazing...as successful as I was as an actor, and the money and the fame, there was still something missing.”

World Stills Film Actors Successful Missing Fields Fame Aspect Entertainment Secular

Author:Chuck Norris

“I don't really care about having more fame than I have.”

Care Fame

Author:Jeff Bridges

“I always heard criticism is the tax on fame. They were right. And then some.”

Heard Fame Taxes Criticism

Author:Brad Pitt

“You will be tested as a leader....You may be tested with success, fame, and fortune.”

May Leader Fame Fortune Tested

Author:Greg Laurie

“I've often said that I wished people could realize all their dreams of wealth and fame so they could see that it's not where you'll find your sense of completion.”

People Said Dream Realizing Wealth Fame Completion

Author:Jim Carrey

“Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.”

Fame Boxing Money And Fame

Author:Mike Tyson

“I think the fame aspect, there was definitely a period when I had to get used to it. My family had to get used to it, too. It's exciting.”

Thinking Used Periods Fame Aspect My Family Exciting

Author:Kate Upton

“We are still not in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame but there are 3,000 Kiss products, a Kiss musical toothbrush, everything from Kiss caskets to Kiss condoms. There are no Radiohead condoms.”

Stills Rocks Products Fame Kissing Musical Halls Hall Of Fame Condom Radiohead Caskets Toothbrushes

Author:Paul Stanley

“I believe that the purpose of influence is to speak up for those who have no influence. And fame is not for our own benefit, or notoriety is not for our own benefit, it's for leverage to do good.”

Believe Purpose Speak I Believe Influence Fame Benefits Notoriety

Author:Rick Warren

“Fame doesn't redeem you. It takes a long time to get there, and when you're finally there, you realise you still have authority figures telling you what to do.”

Long Stills Figures Fame Authority Long Time Realising Authority Figures

Author:Cyndi Lauper

“Don't crave fame, do what you do and just apply. I don't think many of them here today are that interested in fashion. Perhaps it's because there's not much going on. No punk, no reaction to something. I think we are in a waiting period.”

Thinking Today Waiting Fashion Periods Fame Reactions Punk Crave

Author:Louise Wilson

“So many people took my opinion and some will give it more serious consideration because of who I am. Not because I have a specility in this field that I gave my opinion on, but simply because I am a little bit famous. I find that kind of power to presaude both frightening and exciting. My hope, my most frevent hope, is that I use this louder voice that success has given me, wisely. That I always remember that fame is the by product, not the substance of what I do.”

People Giving Kind Littles Use Remember Given Bits Voice Opinion Fields Serious Products Fame Little Bit Exciting Who I Am Substance Consideration Frightening

Author:Laurell K. Hamilton

“To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name; But he who loves his kind does, first and late, A work too late for fame.”

Firsts Kind Doe Names Water Fate Written Generations Fame Late Too Late Fades

Author:Mary C. Ames

“I think anybody who's famous has to deal with their fame in their own way, and I dealt with it by making a film about a kid who's looking out into the world of celebrity obsession.”

Thinking World Way Kids Film Deals Fame Obsession

Author:Adrian Grenier

“The fame of great men ought to be judged always by their big, fancy names.”

Men Bigs Names Ought Fame Fancy Great Men Judged

Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“I have two college degrees, four honorary doctorate degrees, and am in three Halls of fame, and the only thing I know how to do is teach tall people how to put a ball in the hole.”

People Knows Two Three Teach Know How Four College Fame Degrees Balls Holes Halls Tall Hall Of Fame College Degree Honorary Doctorates

Author:Red Auerbach

“All those years I had been making movies because I loved movies, and that's what made all the difference. If you're doing it because you love it you can succeed because you'll work harder than anyone else around you, take on challenges no one else would dare take, and come up with methods no one else would discover, especially when their prime drive is fame and fortune. All that will follow later if you really love what you do. Because your work will speak itself.”

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Author:Robert Rodriguez

“Time helps a lot. I found the fame thing really was a torment for a while. Then you learn to deal with it.”

Helping Found Deals Fame Torment

Author:Mel Gibson

“In the future, everyone will have fifteen minutes of fame. Followed by fifteen minutes of legal problems, fifteen minutes of ridicule from late-night TV hosts, fifteen minutes of obscurity, and fifteen minutes of "Where are they now?".”

Problem Night Minutes Tvs Fame Late Host Fifteen Ridicule Obscurity Late Night

Author:Dan Piraro

“Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'”

Internet Fame Annoying Money And Power

Author:Michael Ian Black

“Fame requires every kind of excess. I mean true fame, a devouring neon, not the sombre renown of waning statesmen or chinless kings.”

Kind Mean Kings Fame Excess Statesmen Neon Devouring Renown

Book:Great Jones Street

Source: Great Jones Street

“Without possessions, success, fame; who are you?”

Fame Possession

Author:Rajneesh

“Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together.”

People Want Long Two Bigs Together Sides Realizing Decision Careers Creative Effects Huge Fame Popularity Longevity Side Effects Really Long Long Careers Business Decisions

Author:Jewel

“'Saturday Night Fever,' Paula Abdul, 'Fame,' Debbie Allen... all affected me and the generation before me.”

Night Generations Fame Affected Saturday Fever Saturday Night Saturday Night Fever

Author:Laurieann Gibson

“I've wanted recognition; I wanted success; I wanted appreciation; I love the perks of being in the movies. I love the fame that comes with it - but that's why I became an actor.”

Wanted Actors Fame Appreciation Recognition Perks

Author:Vidya Balan

“I always wanted to live the lives of different people, portray characters that are different from me. But I could have done that in front of a mirror, also, I didn't need to do films for that. At the end of the day, it's this fame, recognition, popularity, the love and appreciation you get from your audience that drives you.”

People Needs Different Ends Done Character Wanted Film Audience Fronts Fame Mirrors Appreciation Recognition The End Of The Day Popularity Different Peoples Love And Appreciation

Author:Vidya Balan

“When I saw music as a means to an end - more fame, more money, dating celebrities - that's when things have gone terribly wrong. Now my life is focused on just trying to keep making music. Because when it's really good, it's just the most remarkable feeling on the planet.”

Trying Mean Ends Feelings Life Is Gone Saws Planets Fame Music Is Dating Focused Remarkable More Money Means To An End

Author:Moby

“I have to say that Donald Trump is on probably about the 13th minute of fame.”

Minutes Trump Fame

Author:Joy-Ann Reid

“I am also going to go with somebody who is the opposite of Donald Trump and her name is Johari Osayi Idusuyi. I think she represented millions and millions of Americans who look at the message that Donald Trump is using his fame and the power he has accumulated to,you know, to send out into the world and it`s horrified. And I think her quiet resistance represented so many people because I`ll tell you, people of color have been trying to warn this country about Donald Trump for a really long time and I think she reminded us.”

People Thinking Knows World Trying Looks Long Has Beens Country Names Millions Color Trump Fame Quiet Messages Long Time Opposites Resistance Really Long

Author:Joy-Ann Reid

“I never heard so many kids talk about just doing anything to be famous. I mean, yeah, fame is part of the deal when you're a kid and you think, I wanna go into music, but everybody that I knew was really doing it because of their love for it. I don't see so much of that anymore.”

Thinking Mean Kids Deals Heard Fame Yeah

Author:David Bowie

“Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination. It's like, "I gotta get across the street, man! I gotta be there! I gotta be there!" Then you get across the street and you're like, "Yeah I'm here!" And then, that's it. Fame doesn't make you particularly happy.”

Ifs Men Streets Fame Yeah Destination Pointless

Author:Mos Def

“The thing that inspires me about Daniel Radcliffe and the thing that I admire the most about him is that he's had a level of fame thrust upon him that's relatively unheard of.”

Levels Inspire Fame Admire Thrust Unheard

Author:Matthew Lewis

“Fame is like getting across the street. It's like, if there's nothing to be across the street for, it's a pointless destination.”

Ifs Streets Fame Destination Pointless

Author:Mos Def

“If it's just fame for the sake of being famous, no one even cares about you - and you don't even care about yourself because you're like, "This is so ridiculous."”

Ifs Care Fame Sake Ridiculous About Yourself Being Famous

Author:Mos Def

“The scientific world, the materialistic world, the world of commerce, the world of business, the world of individualism, the world of capitalism, world of communism - all these worlds are the old story now. Where we think we exploit nature, we exploit people. Market rules, profit rules, money rules. We work for name, fame, power, money, profit. That's the old story.”

People Thinking World Stories Names Fame Capitalism Profit Communism Individualism Commerce Exploits Materialistic Materialistic World

Author:Satish Kumar

“There are many mediocre entertainers who don't aspire to much more than fame and glory. It's very easy to have them as your role models because there aren't as many greats.”

Easy Roles Fame Models Glory Role Models Aspire Mediocre Entertainers

Author:Carmen Ejogo

“Artists are able to do well in the political arena because of fame, if only they can educate themselves.”

Ifs Wells Able Political Artist Fame Educate Arena

Author:Ronee Blakley

“I'm scared. I'm excited. I'm ready for whatever happens but I think that fame is what comes along with the territory when you open yourself up and become this story, this book for anyone to read.”

Thinking Book Stories Happens Ready Fame Scared Excited Territory Whatever Happens

Author:Katy Perry

“Fame attracts lunatics.”

Fame Lunatic

Author:Elton John

“I never dealt with fame. It was never a goal of mine to become famous.”

Goal Mines Fame

Author:Boris Kodjoe

“I did have a bunch of goals I wanted to achieve when I was financially able to do so, but they had nothing to do with fame.”

Able Wanted Goal Achieve Fame Bunch

Author:Boris Kodjoe

“When I set goals, they're more tangible than becoming famous. You don't build a company or a foundation for fame.”

Goal Company Becoming Fame Foundation Setting Goals Tangible Becoming Famous

Author:Boris Kodjoe

“I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.”

Want I Can Desire Can Do Rich Fame Bigger

Author:Don Johnson

“Take charity work for example; the motivation of my various charitable activities is neither for fame nor profits. It is my sincere wish that, through my efforts, more people can realize how important it is to protect our planet and to start to act for a change.”

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Author:Li Bingbing

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