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“There is a certain race of men that either imagine it their duty, or make it their amusement, to hinder the reception of every work of learning or genius, who stand as sentinels in the avenues of fame, and value themselves upon giving Ignorance and Envy the first notice of a prey.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and Genius

“Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines that the attention of the world will be attracted; some quality, good or bad, which discriminates him from the common herd of mortals, and by which others may be persuaded to love, or compelled to fear him.”

Men World May Art Common Attention Quality Imagine Fame Projects Every Man Reputation Mortals Hopeless Imagine That Compelled Herds Pretension

Author:Samuel Johnson

“I think a lot of young people don't realize the price of fame is a lot higher than they imagine.”

People Thinking Young Realizing Imagine Higher Fame

Author:Naturi Naughton

“The final test of fame is to have a crazy person imagine he is you.”

Persons Imagine Crazy Fame Tests Finals Crazy Person

Author:Mel Brooks

“I imagine like most of us that I'd like obscene amounts of money but the people I met and worked with who have those obscene amounts of money and have obscene amounts of fame have awful lives. Really. I mean hideously compromised lives. And I can go anywhere. No one knows who I am.”

People Knows Mean I Can Imagine Amount Mets Fame Who I Am Awful Obscene

Author:Jason Isaacs

“I hate the man who builds his name On ruins of another's fame. Thus prudes, by characters o'erthrown, Imagine that they raise their own. Thus Scribblers, covetous of praise, Think slander can transplant the bays.”

Thinking Men Character Hate Names Imagine He Man Fame I Hate Praise Raises Ruins Imagine That Slander Transplants Prudes

Book:Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives

Source: Gay's Fables and other poems: Cotton's visions in verse ; Moore's Fables for the female sex ; with sketches of the authors' lives

“When I was 18 I was an emotional wreck and I couldn't imagine having to deal with some kind of fame.”

Kind Deals Imagine Emotional Fame Wrecks Emotional Wreck

Author:Chris Pine

“Andy Warhol says everyone will be famous for 15 minutes in the future, but even he couldn't have imagine today's fame is due to whom you sleep with.”

Today Sleep Imagine Minutes Fame Dues Warhol

Author:Steve Kaufman

“I believe nothing happens by accident. My fame has happened for a reason. My fans are my kindred spirits in revolution. If anyone chooses to ignore the message or the messenger, they do so at their own risk. Believe it or not, there are many more people out there that understand what I am trying to do than society wants to admit. The way I live my life represents a much bigger part of America than anyone would care to imagine”

“Comedy has to be done en clair. You can't blunt the edge of wit or the point of satire with obscurity. Try to imagine a famous witty saying that is not immediately clear.”

Trying Done Clear Comedy Imagine Stupid Fame Edges Witty Wit Satire Obscurity Blunt Witty Sayings

Author:James Thurber