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“It is more reasonable to wish for reputation while it may be enjoyed, as Anacreon calls upon his companions to give him for present use the wine and garlands which they propose to bestow upon his tomb.”

Giving May Use Wish Fame Wine Reputation Enjoyed Reasonable Companion Propose Tombs Garlands

Author:Samuel Johnson

“It may be only glory that we seek here, but I persuade myself that, as long as we remain here, that is right. Another glory awaits us in heaven and he who reaches there will not wish even to think of earthly fame.”

Thinking May Long Heaven Wish Fame Glory

Author:Petrarch

“On working with director Werner Herzog: I have to shoot without any breaks. I yell at Herzog and hit him. I have to fight for every sequence. I wish Herzog would catch the plague.”

Fighting Wish Break Fame Directors Sequence Plague

Author:Klaus Kinski

“Better than fame is still the wish for fame, the constant training for a glorious strife.”

Stills Wish Fame Training Constant Glorious Strife

Author:Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

“I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.”

Ifs Knows Wish Fame Daughter Just One

Author:Ethan Hawke

“If you wish to obtain a great name or to found an establishment, be completely mad; but be sure that your madness corresponds with the turn and temper of your age.”

Ifs Age Turns Found Names Wish Fame Madness Mad Temper Establishment

Author:Voltaire

“Take charity work for example; the motivation of my various charitable activities is neither for fame nor profits. It is my sincere wish that, through my efforts, more people can realize how important it is to protect our planet and to start to act for a change.”

People Important Motivation Wish Realizing Effort Example Planets Activity Fame Protect Charity Profit Various Sincere Our Planet Charitable Charity Work

Author:Li Bingbing

“The only urgency that I ever had was when my mom was alive. She died last year in September of 2006. She was my number one fan and she always said I'd love to see you go into the Hall of Fame. That was the only urgency that I ever had that I wish if I was going to go into the Hall of Fame that certainly it would've happen when she was around, but it didn't and now that she's passed.”

Ifs Years Said Happens Lasts Wish Numbers Alive Fans Mom Fame Died My Mom Halls Last Year September Urgency Hall Of Fame

Author:Goose Gossage

“I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.”

Persons Wish Fame Normal Normal Life

Author:Sinead O'Connor

“One of the downsides of being famous is that folks pay far more attention to you than they should. American celebrities are constantly under surveillance, and every word they say is subject to scrutiny. So, be careful what you wish for if you desire fame. No human being should be a goldfish.”

Ifs Should Humans Desire Wish Human Beings Pay Attention Subjects Fame Folks Careful Be Careful Surveillance Scrutiny Being Famous Goldfish Careful What You Wish For

Author:Bill O'Reilly

“Even those who write against fame wish for the fame of having written well, and those who read their works desire the fame of having read them.”

Writing Wells Desire Wish Written Fame

Author:Blaise Pascal

“Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous - who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves?”

Littles Made Lost Wish Fame Crowds Commonplace

Book:Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition

Source: Selected Letters of John Keats: Revised Edition