I don't want to be movie-star famous. I want to move people with my writing.
Ethan Canin
PeopleWritingFamousWantMove
It was never about winning medals or being famous.
Nancy Kerrigan
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One of the differences between real documentaries and reality television, besides the artificial construct of reality television, is that the people who are recruited to be on those shows, and the people who are interested in going on those shows, basically want to be famous. Or maybe they can win a million dollars or something.
Steve James
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Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of.
Tia Carrere
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With brain hacking experiments, I've hacked into Morgan Freeman's brain. He was the most famous and the most nerve wracking because I got really awestruck when I met him, and the moment I was introduced to him, he challenged me there and then to hack his brain.
Keith Barry
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I don't have this feeling like, 'Oh, I want to live in the United States and make movies and become famous just because the money is here.' I like to make movies that tell stories that I care about.
Diego Luna
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You don't become a chef to become famous.
Eric Ripert
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'The Hatfields and McCoys' is a classic tale of American history. These are names that are widely recognized, yet few people know the real story that made them famous.
Nancy Dubuc
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In the media age, everybody was famous for 15 minutes. In the Wikipedia age, everybody can be an expert in five minutes. Special bonus: You can edit your own entry to make yourself seem even smarter.
Stephen Colbert
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I didn't get into writing to make money or get famous or any of that. I got into it to hit hearts, and man, when I get letters not just from the soldiers but from their kids, especially their kids, it makes it all worthwhile.
Tim O'Brien
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When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.
Katie Price
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I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, 'Hi Dave!'
David Zucker
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It's easy to be famous today. People pay a million dollars to be recognized, but nobody cares about them. They cared about me because I did things other men were afraid to do. That's why my fans identified with me. They were mostly working-class.
Evel Knievel
TodayMenPeopleMeFamousEasy
The death of a famous person is different from the death of a loved one, whether it is Michael Jackson, Frank McCourt, or Walter Cronkite. We didn't know any of them personally, and yet, we experience a sense of loss.
Madeleine M. Kunin
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The people who think I'm famous are knitters. Most of my life, I'm wildly unrecognized.
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee
LifePeopleThinkFamousMy Life
The Band was always famous for its retirements; we'd go and play and get a little petty cash together, and then not see each other till it was time to fill our pockets up again.
Rick Danko
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I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
Kate Winslet
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I have seen so many poets who were famous, who won all sorts of prizes, disappear with their death. I write as good as I can and don't try to turn that into some hope for a future that I could never know.
Donald Hall
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Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate.
Emily Dickinson
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Just because you're not famous, doesn't mean you're not good.
Laura Linney
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I seek no longer to be a 'famous' person, and instead I wish to live a 'normal' life.
Sinead O'Connor
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When I was about to be famous, I feared it on a few levels. I feared it because I didn't want people to lump me in with those people who'd do anything to be famous. I didn't like the word 'celebrity.' I feared intrusion, you know? Make me famous, and suddenly you can go through my trash bins.
Ricky Gervais
PeopleMeFamousYouKnowWant
Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
George Bernard Shaw
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The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them.
David Tang
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