“When modernist poetry, or what not so long ago passed for modernist poetry, can reach the stage where the following piece by Mr. Ezra Pound is seriously offered as a poem, there is some justification for the plain reader and orthodox critic who shrinks from anything that may be labelled 'modernist' either in terms of condemnation or approbation. Better he thinks, that ten authentic poets should be left for posterity to discover than one charlatan should be allowed to steal into the Temple of Fame.” ThinkingShouldMayLongLeftTermPiecesStagePoetReaderFameTenCriticsFollowingStealingTemplesPoundsOrthodoxJustificationLong AgoShrinksPosterityCondemnationCharlatans Author:Laura Riding
“In terms of professionally what I want to do, I want to play 15-plus more years, get to the Hall of Fame, and win a lot of championships and all that. I'd love to be the owner of a team one day. But it's way bigger than that. For me, my vision is how can I affect somebody positively every day? When you focus on other people, somehow good things happen to you. I think that's my goal. That's my vision.” PeopleThinkingWayWantYearsPlayHappensWinningGoalTermVisionFocusTeamOne DayFameBiggerGood ThingsThings HappenNflOwnersPlusHallsChampionshipPositivelySuper BowlHall Of Fame Author:Russell Wilson
“Fame is fleeting. Sometimes people like you, sometimes they don’t. Not all people are going to like you.” PeopleSometimesTermLike YouFameFleeting Author:Patrick Dempsey
“If you look at the careers of Philip Seymour Hoffmann, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, none of them shot up in terms of fame or fortune or recognition, they laid a platform of good, solid work and became better and better.” IfsLooksTermCareersFameShotsFortuneRecognitionPlatformsPhilip Author:Max Irons
“I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.” PeopleNeedsDoneTermFocusGenerationsMediaFameNew Generation Author:Dan Aykroyd
“Kim Kardashian is a kind of archetype. But she owns her beauty and is tremendously successful. There's no tragedy, there's no drug story. There's just her and her fame and her beauty. But Anna Nicole created that template of somebody that you'd want to watch on reality TV. Somebody that you'd want to invite into your home or as a role model, in terms of beauty and lifestyle and glamour.” WantKindStoriesHomeRealityTermRolesWatchesSuccessfulTvsDrugFameModelsTragedyLifestyleRole ModelsInvitesGlamourAnnaKimReality TvArchetypeHer BeautyNicole Author:Margaret Cho
“I think that under ordinary circumstances (i.e., neither person is famous), it's already hard enough to make a long-term romantic relationship work, but add fame to the calculus.” ThinkingPersonsLongHardEnoughTermCircumstancesFameOrdinaryAddLong TermCalculusRomantic Relationship Author:Christine Sneed
“One of the biggest lessons I also learned from living with Elvis and loving him for so many years was that we're all human, and no matter what level one has reached in terms of fame, they're still human beings.” YearsHumansStillsMatterTermHuman BeingsLevelsLessonsFameNo Matter WhatLoving Him Author:Linda D. Thompson
“Since we cannot know too much about the long term effects of our particular lives, and since success and fame are not good measures of the value of what we have done, it should be enough for any of us that as far as we can tell, in some small way we have made humanity's future better rather than worse.” KnowsWayShouldLongMadeDoneEnoughValuesHumanityTermToo MuchEffectsParticularFameLong Term Author:Allen W. Wood
“Our male-dominated culture tends to define success in terms of wealth, fame, power, the reaction of others. Women are fed a version that includes personal fulfilment through marriage and motherhood in addition to professional acclaim and of course we must look sexy but not too sexy and then graciously disappear when we hit middle age.” LooksAgeCultureCoursesTermWealthMiddleFameMalesSexyMotherhoodDisappearReactionsVersionsFedsMiddle AgesFulfilmentAcclaimDefine Success Author:Catherine Mayer
“I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.” PeopleFilmTermPathFameBreakthroughCareer Path Author:Terry Zwigoff
“I have very strong feelings about what modern fame means, and the toxicity of it. I read Naomi Klein's No Logo when I was 15. It's one of the things that's shaped my relationship to fame - to endorsements, to selling things. I've taken a certain path in terms of all that stuff.” MeanFeelingsStrongTermPathTakenModernFameSellingVery StrongStrong Feeling Author:Andrew Garfield
“Being a writer is part of a noble tradition, as is being a musician – the last egalitarian and open associations. No matter what happens in terms of fame and fortune, dedication to writing is a marching-step forward from where you were before, when you didn’t care about reaching out to the world, when you weren’t hoping to contribute, when you were just standing there doing some job into which you had fallen.” WorldWritingMatterHappensCareJobsLastsTermStepsFameMusicianStandingTraditionNo Matter WhatFortuneNobleFallenReachingAssociationReach OutDedicationSteps ForwardStanding There Author:Anne Lamott
“I'll never, ever think of myself as famous, even if I ever get to the point of George Clooney... because I Think you might go crazy if you start reffering to yourself in those terms.” IfsThinkingMightTermCrazyFame Author:Shailene Woodley
“This country's crazy in terms of fame and what people think it means. They expect a writer to be something between a Hollywood starlet and the village idiot.” PeopleThinkingMeanCountryTermCrazyFameHollywoodIdiotVillageStarletsVillage Idiots Author:Kent Haruf