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“Everyone in Hollywood is seeking fame and fortune; it's in the water here. Everyone from young women to old men - they all want it.”

Men Want Young Water Fame Hollywood Fortune Seeking Old Man Young Women

Author:Karrine Steffans

“In boxing, where most of the guys are from lower-class backgrounds and have darker skin than most of the fans, one might fear that the athletes are being exploited. But that narrative doesn't hold up very well in the world of MMA, where 99 percent of fighters are amateurs who will never earn a dime. They aren't seeking fame and fortune. For the most part, these guys are fighting because they want to and because it gives them an opportunity to strive for something big in their lives. It gives them a chance to become their best selves.”

“All who have their reward on Earth, the fruits Of painful superstition and blind zeal, Naught seeking but the praise of men, here find Fit retribution, empty as their deeds.”

Men Earth Fit Fame Empty Praise Blind Fruit Rewards Painful Seeking Deeds Superstitions Zeal Retribution

Author:Don DeLillo

“My advice to a young man seeking deathless fame would be to espouse an unpopular cause and devote his life to it.”

Men Would Be Young Causes Advice Fame Seeking Young Man Deathless

Author:Wendell Phillips

“I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct.”

Fame Seeking Comic Originality Stand Up Comedy

Book:Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

Source: Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

“t is for me because I needed to do this. I really think actors shouldn't act unless they really need it in their lives. I think it has to be something that is so much a part of your chemistry, such a passion, that you can't live without it. You should not do it just because you are seeking fame or want to get rich.”

Thinking Want Needs Should Passion Actors Rich Needed Fame Seeking Chemistry Get Rich

Author:John Leguizamo

“I did stand-up comedy for 18 years. Ten of those years were spent learning, four years were spent refining, and four years were spent in wild success. I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct. The course was more plodding than heroic.”

Years Courses Comedy Four Fame Ten Seeking Comic Heroic Four Years Originality Stand Up Comedy Refining

Author:Steve Martin

“I think the concept of seeking fame and fortune in women's football in the States is a bit idyllic.”

Thinking States Bits Football Fame Concepts Fortune Seeking Idyllic

Author:Hope Solo

“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

“Why would we want fame, when God promises us glory? Why would we be seeking the wealth of the world when the wealth of heaven is ours? Why would we run for a crown that will perish with time, when we're called to win a crown that is imperishable?”

World Want Running Winning Heaven Wealth Promise Fame Glory Seeking Crowns Godly God Promises

Author:Paul Washer