“I'm not a rock star. Sure I am, to a certain extent because of the situation, but when kids ask me how it feels to be a rock star, I say leave me alone, I'm not a rock star. I'm not in it for the fame, I'm in it because I like to play.” FeelsPlayKidsCertainAsksStarsSituationRocksFameAsk MeLeaving MeRock StarMe AloneLeave Me AloneJust Leave Me Alone Author:Eddie Van Halen
“It's really quite a situation. It's ridiculous. I make $200,000, $300,000 a night. For years I was working little dives, and if I got $700 a week, I'd say, "Wow, I'm really cooking.” IfsYearsLittlesNightSituationWeekFameCookingRidiculousWow Author:Tony Bennett
“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.” SituationFameIllnessRelateFinding YourselfTerminalTerminal Illness Author:Diablo Cody
“Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even causes us to forget our hostility towards our enemies when they become powerful enough to help us achieve fame or fortune.” LoveSelfEnoughHelpingCausesForgetLove IsPowerfulSituationEnemyPrinciplesAchieveSelf LoveFameFortuneObligationRulingHostility Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable
“I have a strange situation as far as my name is concerned, because of course, what should my name really be? Is it my traditional Jewish name? Or this curious name my parents put together, partially to honor departed family members, and partially to keep me away from the absolute craziness of my grandparents' fame and the intrusiveness of their fans? So many people call me "MTT," and some do say, "Oh Maestro," and some are comfortable calling me Michael.” PeopleTogetherParentSituationStrangeHonorFameConcernedCuriousCall MeCrazinessDeparted Author:Michael Tilson Thomas
“In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces. The great general never lost heart. When things were at their worst, he drafted his famous order which is now in all textbooks of military strategy: "My center is giving way, my right is pushed back, my left is wavering. The situation is excellent. I shall attack!"” WorldWayGivingHeartWarOrderLostLeftForceSituationWorstMilitaryBattleFameLosingStrategyExcellentWar Of The WorldsReportsWorld War ICommandersTextbooksWaveringHeadquartersGiving WayMilitary StrategyLost Heart Author:James Keller
“All the time. A few months ago I came really close to losing it, I was getting really paranoid. And then I started a new job, things fixed themselves. I can't turn my back on the situation and ignore it. If tomorrow I say: "Okay, I've had enough, we're stopping everything" it won't change anything. Might as well try to accept it and stay zen as I have no control over it.” IfsTryingWellsI CanEnoughMightJobsTurnsSituationAcceptingMonthsTomorrowFameLosingOkayFixedOver ItStoppingParanoidHad EnoughNew Job Author:Robert Pattinson
“Give up money, give up fame, give up science, give the earth itself and all it contains rather than do an immoral act. And never suppose that in any possible situation, or under any circumstances, it is best for you to do a dishonorable thing, however slightly so it may appear to you.” GivingMayMomentsEarthSituationPracticeVirtueCircumstancesComfortFameGiving UpSublimeImmoralAssuredMoments Of LifeDishonorable Author:Thomas Jefferson