Fame Quotes

Getting buried alive will always be my claim to fame.

Crystal Chappell

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Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame.

Arthur Schopenhauer

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I'm the same kid who used to hop the trains with headphones and just go to downtown Manhattan, walk around and listen to music or walk through the city. The fame restricts that. It's a small complaint in comparison to the benefits I get from it, but the restrictive part is what I don't like - and the fact that it's not reversible.

J. Cole

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I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame.

Jeff Buckley

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With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.

Cyndi Lauper

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My only claim to fame, if I have one, is that I'm an editor.

Woody Herman

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I lived in L.A., and the possibility out there is endless. I could've done reality TV! It was offered to me plenty of times. But that just wasn't where my heart was. If I wanted quick fame or quick money, I could've taken that route, but it just wasn't settling right with me.

Karrueche Tran

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Fame is useful in certain ways, because it helps you get more roles.

Mia Wasikowska

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Fame is being asked to sign your autograph on the back of a cigarette packet.

Billy Connolly

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Fame is like a big piece of meringue - it's beautiful, and you keep eating it, but it doesn't really fill you up.

Pierce Brosnan

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I know the Hall of Fame is the more sought-after thing. But I'm getting a bigger charge out of my uniform number being put away. Everything I worked hard for and wished for came true.

Hal Newhouser

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I was born in fame. I was always recognised and known. Personally, I feel normal about it.

Amitabh Bachchan

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Bud Johnson, God rest his soul of fame, a tenor saxophonist. Bud was always a big, big, big booster of mine and he always when I first met Bud in Pittsburgh when he came through there, he heard me sing and he wanted me to come to Chicago.

Billy Eckstine

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It's a difficult world for lots of child actors, and it's difficult to be a teenager under any circumstances. Add to that notoriety and fame, and things can go really wrong. But I had a terrific family and grew up very normal in Phoenix.

Peter Billingsley

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Al Kaline bought a tee and a ball and swung at it all winter. Look where it got him: the Hall of Fame.

Hal Newhouser

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I do love being an actress. The other stuff, the 'fame', well - you know what? - you don't actually have to buy into it if you don't want to.

Sophie Okonedo

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They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it would be a felony to sit down and debate whether or not Bernard Hopkins deserves to be in the hall of fame.

Bernard Hopkins

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No, I'm not angling for huge fame. My career has been a very slow, arduous climb to the middle.

Paul Sparks

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For a lot of pop performers, fame and celebrity is part of the job. But for singer-songwriters, no one really cares.

Gabrielle Aplin

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Fame is a curse... it was the worst phase of my life, which I thank God I'll never have to go through again.

Sinead O'Connor

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Fame is hollow. It amplifies what is there. If there is any self-doubt, or hatred, or lack of ability to connect with people, fame will magnify it.

Alanis Morissette

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I never joined the TV industry for fame.

Shaheer Sheikh

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I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.

Faith Hill

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I guess I don't know if I'm comfortable with fame or touring or promo or any of that stuff, and I really discovered that I love working for people and co-writing and working under someone.

Sia

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