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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• The idea of being famous is a lot better than the reality.

  Tom Felton

  Reality, Ideas, Fame

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• Being humble is cooler than being famous.

  Robin Sharma

  Humble, Be Humble

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Jul 03, 2013

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

  Jay Leno

  Inspirational, Mother, Children

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I'm more interested in being good than being famous.

  Annie Leibovitz

  Fame, Be Good

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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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• Being famous is like a dream come true but it's really difficult because you lose your freedom. I don't want to lose being a kid.

  Miley Cyrus

  Dream, Kids, Want

  "That's Showbuzz! Highlights of U.S. celeb magazines", uk.reuters.com. November 30, 2007.

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• I can't imagine wanting to be famous just for the sake of being famous. I think fame should come along with success, talent.

  Kat Dennings

  Thinking, Sake, Talent

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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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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• 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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• My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

  Wynonna Judd

  Crazy, Failure, Trying

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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 like being famous. It can be a bit of a pain but you get free food in restaurants and people send you clothes.

  Noel Gallagher

  Pain, Clothes, People

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