Quotes with famous

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  • Alan Cohen The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest reward.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Susan Sontag The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • Bob Seger The most famous rumor for me is that I had throat cancer. I never had throat cancer... I don't know why that started... The way I sing, probably.
    Bob Seger
    American singer, songwriter and musician (1945 - )
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  • Leigh Hunt The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.
    Leigh Hunt
    British poet, essaywriter (1784 - 1859)
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  • Bart Chilton The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.
    Bart Chilton
    American civil servant, consultant and author (1960 - 2019)
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  • Cynthia Ozick The usefulness of madmen is famous: they demonstrate society's logic flagrantly carried out down to its last scrimshaw scrap.
    Cynthia Ozick
    American writer (1928 - )
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  • George M. Adams There are high spots in all of our lives and most of them have come about through encouragement from someone else. I don't care how great, how famous or successful a man or woman may be, each hungers for applause.
    George M. Adams
    American newspaper columnist (1878 - 1962)
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  • Benjamin Franklin There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Bo Bennett There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Ben Carson There is no fulfillment in things whatsoever. And I think one of the reasons that depression reigns supreme amongst the rich and famous is some of them thought that maybe those things would bring them happiness. But what, in fact, does is having a cause, having a passion. And that's really what gives life's true meaning.
    Ben Carson
    American politician, and author (1951 - )
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  • Bastian Schweinsteiger There's a famous slogan here in the Bavarian dialect, and we use it inside Bayern Munich. We say, 'Mia san mia.' Literally, it is, 'We are we,' but it means, 'We are who we are.' That's not being very arrogant, but we are very confident about our ability to win the game. It is about a winning mentality.
    Bastian Schweinsteiger
    German professional footballer (1984 - )
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  • Barry Manilow These days, with 'American Idol' and all the other reality shows, young people become famous overnight, and that can be very difficult to handle, the way photographers follow you around and study your every move.
    Barry Manilow
    American singer-songwriter, producer and actor (1943 - )
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  • Alan Bennett Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.
    Alan Bennett
    British playwright, screenwriter, actor and author (1934 - )
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  • George Orwell To a surprising extent the war-lords in shining armor, the apostles of the martial virtues, tend not to die fighting when the time comes. History is full of ignominious getaways by the great and famous.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Albert Camus To be famous, in fact, one has only to kill one's landlady.
    Albert Camus
    French writer, essayist and Nobel Prize winner in literature (1956) (1913 - 1960)
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  • Christopher Hampton To seduce a woman famous for strict morals, religious fervor and the happiness of her marriage: what could possibly be more prestigious?
    Christopher Hampton
    British playwright (1946 - )
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  • Voltaire What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Barry Zito When someone becomes successful or rich and famous, people perceive that person as being different. But I'm the same guy I've always been.
    Barry Zito
    American baseball pitcher and musician (1978 - )
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  • Beth Ditto When you see a fantastic colour or cut in a magazine, perched up on some famous so-and-so's head, it's tempting to ask your stylist for the same, but do not be fooled. The hair in those fancy photos can be very high maintenance.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Cass Elliot When you're famous, you don't get to meet people because they want you to like them when the present themselves to you, and you don't see the real people.
    Cass Elliot
    American singer and actress (1941 - 1974)
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