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“On any morning these days whole segments of the population wake up to find themselves famous, while, to keep matters shipshape, whole contingents of celebrities wake up to find themselves forgotten.”

Matter Whole Morning Fame Wake Up Forgotten Population These Days

Author:Louis Kronenberger

“Write your name in kindness, love and mercy on the hearts of the thousands you come in contact with year by year, and you will never be forgotten.”

Writing Years Heart Names Kindness Fame Mercy Forgotten Contact

Author:Thomas Chalmers

“The highest greatness, surviving time and stone, is that which proceeds from the soul of man. Monarchs and cabinets, generals and admirals, with the pomp of court and the circumstance of war, in the lapse of time disappear from sight; but the pioneers of truth, though poor and lowly, especially those whose example elevates human nature, and teaches the rights of man, so that "a government of the people, by the people, for the people, may not perish from the earth;" such a harbinger can never be forgotten, and their renown spreads co-extensive with the cause they served so well.”

“Fame, I mean, it's like a bubble, in a way. It's like something glittery, and it goes, and it can be forgotten fast.”

Way Mean Fame Forgotten Bubbles Like Something

Author:Veruschka von Lehndorff

“It's a brutal world out there. If you consider the case of superstar Rajesh Khanna, he was a darling of the masses in his hey days, and his fans resurfaced only after he passed away. Such is the life of actors: one gets so addicted to fame and glory, and then it is very difficult to accept a fall. You are forgotten and only remembered when you die!”

Ifs World Dies Fall Actors Difficult Accepting Cases Fans Fame Mass Glory Forgotten Hey Remembered Brutal Darling Superstar Passed Away

Author:Bipasha Basu

“There's only a couple times when fame is ever helpful. Sometimes you can get into a restaurant where the kitchen is just closing. Sometimes you can avoid a traffic violation. But the only time it really matters is in the emergency room with your kids. That's when you want to be noticed, because it's very easy to get forgotten in an ER.”

Want Sometimes Matter Kids Easy Rooms Couple Fame Forgotten Kitchen Restaurants Helpful Traffic Emergencies Only Time Closing Violation Easy To Get Emergency Room

Author:Bill Murray

“Fame or infamy, either one is preferable to being forgotten when you have passed from this realm.”

Fame Forgotten Realms Infamy

Book:Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus

Source: Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr Omnibus

“If it took Labouchere three columns to prove that I was forgotten, then there is no difference between fame and obscurity.”

Ifs Three Differences Fame Prove Forgotten Columns Obscurity

Book:Decorative Art in America: A Lecture, Together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews. Edited, with an Introd. by Richard Butler Glaenzer

Source: Decorative Art in America: A Lecture, Together with Letters, Reviews and Interviews. Edited, with an Introd. by Richard Butler Glaenzer

“To want fame is to prefer dying scorned than forgotten.”

Want Dying Fame Forgotten Recycling Scorned

Author:Emile M. Cioran