642 private quotes tagged famous

“I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.” — Bill Murray

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“There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.” — Ricky Gervais

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“I can do whatever I want - I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.” — Don Johnson

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“It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.” — Lillian Hellman

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“Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.” — David Beckham

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“People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.” — Jerry Lewis

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“I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.” — Anna Kournikova

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“A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.” — Van Morrison

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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

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“For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.” — Jesse Owens

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“Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.” — Duke Ellington

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“Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.” — Robert Wyatt

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“The thing about being famous is, it's weird. The only people who get how weird it is are other famous people.” — Margot Kidder

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“When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion.” — Jean Claude Van Damme

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“And I want to do it the right way, like everybody else, not just a famous figurehead that gets a job because he is a famous basketball player. I want to really learn the business.” — Shaquille O'Neal

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“Celebrity, to me, is not a thing to seek.” — Aidan Quinn

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“But I know newspapers. They have the first amendment and they can tell any lie knowing it's a lie and they're protected if the person's famous or it's a company.” — Steve Wozniak

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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

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“I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.” — Barry Gibb

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“Celebrity gives us delusion of self importance.” — Al Goldstein

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“Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes.” — Andy Warhol

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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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“Public misbehavior by the famous is a powerful teaching tool.” — Bill O'Reilly

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“When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.” — James Carville

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“I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.” — David Walliams

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