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“Fame is fleeting. That stuff comes and goes. You know, as soon as I play poorly ... you won't be doing this interview--you'll be interviewing the next guy.”

Knows Play Guy Next Stuff Fame Interviews Fleeting Comes And Goes

Author:Tony Romo

“Fame! it is the flower of a day, that dies when the next sun rises.”

Dies Next Sun Flower Fame Sun Rise

Book:Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida

Source: Wisdom, Wit and Pathos of Ouida

“Happy indeed the poet of whom, like Orpheus, nothing is known but an immortal name! Happy next, perhaps, the poet of whom, like Homer, nothing is known but the immortal works. The more the merely human part of the poet remains a mystery, the more willing is the reverence given to his divine mission.”

Humans Next Names Given Known Mystery Divine Willing Poet Fame Remains Missions Immortal Reverence Orpheus

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“There are different levels of fame. There are the polite fans who quietly and respectfully approach you and ask for an autograph - and that's acceptable. But the next level... when you think you're having a moment of privacy and there's someone with a long lens catching you when you're about to eat, or sunbathe, or worse... it's just so intrusive and I think it's part of the sickness of our culture.”

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Author:Robert B. Weide

“Fame is really strange. One day you're not famous, and then the next day you are, and the odd thing is that you know intellectually that nothing in the world is different. What mattered to you yesterday are the same things that matter today, and the rules all still apply - yet everyone looks at you differently.”

Knows World Looks Stills Different Matter Today Next Strange One Day Fame Yesterday Odd Next Day Things That Matter Odd Things

Author:Matt Damon

“I've been accustomed to being famous and having a certain level of attention for 14 years, but in the last few months, it's changed. It's like on the arcade game, I've gone up to the next level.”

Years Lasts Certain Next Games Levels Attention Gone Changed Months Fame Accustomed Next Level Being Famous Arcades

Author:Kylie Minogue

“Pride gets no pleasure out of having something, only out of having more of it than the next man.”

Men Next Pleasure Humility Pride Fame Mere Pride And Humility Sin Of Pride

Book:Joyful Christian

Source: Joyful Christian

“The great difficulty is first to win a reputation; the next to keep it while you live; and the next to preserve it after you die, when affection and interest are over, and nothing but sterling excellence can preserve your name. Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.”

Source: Correspondence and Table-talk: With a Memoir

“I liked reading and working out my ideas in the midst of that endless crowd walking in and out of the (library) looking for something. I, too, was seeking fame and fortune by sitting at the end of a long golden table next to the sets of American authors on the open shelves.”

Long Ideas Ends Reading Next Walking Fame Sitting Tables Fortune Library Crowds Seeking Work Out Endless Golden Midst Shelves American Author

Author:Alfred Kazin

“The worst part of fame is not always knowing what I’m doing the next day”

Next Knowing Worst Fame Next Day Always Knowing

Author:David Archuleta