Being Famous Quotes

• Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

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• We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free.

  Jiddu Krishnamurti

  Love, Life, Truth

  Jiddu Krishnamurti (1970). “Think on these things”, HarperCollins Publishers

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• I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.

  Ray Charles

  Music, Badass, Bad Ass

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• Remember, you can be exalted without a college degree. You can be exalted without being slender and beautiful. You can be exalted without having a successful career. You can be exalted if you are not rich and famous. So focus the best that you can on those things in life that will lead you back to the presence of God - keeping all things in their proper balance.

  M. Russell Ballard

  Life, Success, Beautiful

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• I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.

  Walt Disney

  Life, Fake People, Over You

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• You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.

  Jay Leno

  Inspirational, Mother, Children

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• Famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.

  Pericles

  Inspiring, Memories, Men

  In Thucydides 'History of the Peloponnesian War' ii.43, 3 (translation by Rex Warner)

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• It was I who made Fellini famous, not the other way around.

  Anita Ekberg

  Movie, Way, Actresses

  "R.I.P. Anita Ekberg (1931-2015)" by Kevin Jagernauth, www.indiewire.com. January 11, 2015.

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• Being famous is such a gift for me because small things make people's lives brighter. You just shake somebody's hand. You just smile and write your name and people will talk about it for the rest of their lives.

  Will Smith

  Writing, Hands, Names

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Had Rahul Dravid been born in any country other than India, he would have been much more famous than Sachin Tendulkar.

  Jacques Kallis

  Sports, Country, India

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• I'm the world's most famous photographer, most sought after photographer, most awarded photographer.

  Peter Lik

  Success, Photography, Awards

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• Starting off in music, the purpose of it was not to become like well known on the street and be famous. You know, I didn't even think about that part of being famous. Famous for making records, yes, but famous face in a woman's magazine, I never thought of that. I didn't want that.

  Mick Jagger

  Thinking, Faces, Purpose

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• I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

  Donald Miller

  Men, Desire, Sometimes

  Donald Miller (2007). “Miller 3-in-1: Blue Like Jazz, Through Painted Deserts, Searching for God”, p.198, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• I can never really enjoy being famous.

  Utada Hikaru

  Fame, Enjoy, I Can

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I actually can't think of anything worse than being famous... Fame really distorts your perception of yourself.

  Edie Campbell

  Thinking, Perception, Fame

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• I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Love Is, Thinking, People

  "New Again: Leonardo DiCaprio". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, Amanda Duberman, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2012.

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• The good part about being famous is being able to help people. The hard part is every day you have to be in a good mood, because that is what people expect. You learn to get good at it.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Nba

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• The hardest thing about being famous is that ... in a conversation everybody's agreeing with what you're saying. ... You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

  Robert De Niro

  People, Needs, Want

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• The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.

  Al Pacino

  Crazy, Nice, People

  Esquire, January 2003.

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• Yeah, I like to be the maker of the art. And I like and want the money. But I don't really dig being famous.

  Liz Phair

  Art, Want, Fame

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• I don't think about being famous, really. Being an author, I don't generally get stopped as I walk down the street. It's not like being a movie star.

  Rick Riordan

  Stars, Thinking, Movie Star

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• Yeah, I love being famous. It's almost like being white, y'know?

  Chris Rock

  Funny, Humor, White

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• I'm a regular person. I know a lot of people love being famous. I don't like it. I'm just chillin'. YouknowwhatI'msayin'?

  Wale

  Love Is, People, Persons

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• The hardest thing about being famous? Just working I guess. Just work. The famous part's the luxury.

  Drake Bell

  Luxury, Hardest, Hardest Thing

  Source: www.thestarscoop.com

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• I don't know about this thing - being famous. I haven't figured it out yet. It still mystifies me.

  Helen Slater

  Fame, Stills, Havens

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