Capture of Nanking Rain and a windstorm rage blue and yellow over Chung the bell mountain as a million peerless troops cross… — Mao Zedong Copy Share Image
My first film was a super-hit. It made the producer earn a lot of money and gave me a lot of fame.… — Priyanshu Chatterjee Copy Share Image
For some people, fame kills it and becomes more important than the music or the performance. But for me fame is like… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Rejection is good. Putting others ahead of self, giving things away. Success, money, power, fame, happiness, friends; any kind of pleasure -… — Tao Lin Copy Share Image
Beloved Beowulf, remember how you boasted, Once, that nothing in the world would ever Destroy your fame; fight to keep it, Now,… — Burton Raffel Copy Share Image
People expect it to be easy because there you are, out there, doing the thing that you want and making lots of… — Kristen Stewart Copy Share Image
I think the driving thing was curiosity about the universe. That fascinated me. I didn't think anything about being famous or anything… — Clyde Tombaugh Copy Share Image
A lot of times we expect people who get money and fame to suddenly become this "role model" or this "icon." That… — Steve Harvey Copy Share Image
But 'why then publish?' There are no rewards Of fame or profit when the world grows weary. I ask in turn why… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
I really don't feel the need to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because, at the end of the… — Alex Lifeson Copy Share Image
I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of… — Zadie Smith Copy Share Image
"Celebrity" is sort of an idea. I mean, I get to do something extraordinary, but I don't think it makes me extraordinary.… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
It was easy in the early nineties to make a list of great things that could be done, now that there was… — Anton Zeilinger Copy Share Image
Even almost a century after her death, Sarah Bernhardt, the French actress whose extraordinary personality, flamboyant life and passionate nature became a… — Michael Korda Copy Share Image
Definitely you don't become famous by doing something bad; that's a professional death sentence. You remember that whatever you do, someone will… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
Of Ickworth's boys, their father's joys, There is but one a bad one; The tenth is he, the parson's fee, And indeed… — Horace Walpole Copy Share Image
t is for me because I needed to do this. I really think actors shouldn't act unless they really need it in… — John Leguizamo Copy Share Image
Sometimes I find myself thinking, rather wistfully, about Lao Tzu's famous dictum: 'Govern a great nation as you would cook a small… — William Carlos Williams Copy Share Image
The truth is, anybody that becomes famous is an ass for a year and a half. You've got to give them a… — Bill Murray Copy Share Image
“I think it's nice for stars to do interviews to make us think they are just like us, but to tell you… — Stephen Chbosky Copy Share Image
There was one point where my mother was dying of lung cancer, and a journalist dressed up as a nurse and got… — Pete Burns Copy Share Image
If you want to be famous because you do something well or badly, be it singing while fat or hitting balls of… — Alexandra Petri Copy Share Image
I realised those things my ego needed - fame and success - were going to make me terribly unhappy. So I wrenched… — George Michael Copy Share Image
I was never really aware of being famous. Being in a magazine or on a billboard - that really didn't register to… — Fred Savage Copy Share Image
Somewhere along the way, we made it unpopular to value oneself outside the structure of fame. We created these new categories, even… — Justine Bateman Copy Share Image
That's why I'm fighting, just to have some personal satisfaction, not necessarily because I want to get in the Hall of Fame.… — Dan Henderson Copy Share Image
Do not let the fame come near to you! Protect your freedom! Fame must be avoided so as to breathe freely! Stay… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The hero was distinguished by his achievement; the celebrity by his image or trademark. The hero created himself; the celebrity is created… — Daniel J. Boorstin Copy Share Image
“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book:… — Roman Payne Copy Share Image
I lately met with an old volume from a London bookshop, containing the Greek Minor Poets, and it was a pleasure to… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Many pray for the power of God. More every year. Those prayers sound powerful, sincere, godly, and without ulterior motive. Hidden under… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Success happened little by little for me. I tasted the flavor of fame in small doses: I started at 10 years old… — Shakira Copy Share Image
He who is usually self-sufficient becomes exceptionally vain and keenly alive to fame and praise when he is physically ill. The more… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
The thing about fame is, you want it your whole life, but no matter how bright you are, no one ever asks… — Sharon Needles Copy Share Image
For the most part, having more money and more fame make your life harder. It just does. I've seen it happen with… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
[A fan] said, 'What can I do to get your attention?' I was like 'Um, just take your clothes off.' She stood… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
It is funny that fans will come up to me constantly asking when I'm going into the Hall of Fame. I respond,… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To… — Lata Mangeshkar Copy Share Image
All my life, I have taken inventory at intervals. For example, when I became a movie actor and suddenly I had to… — Kirk Douglas Copy Share Image
This is crazier and louder than I was prepared for. With every week, the fervour and anticipation seem to grow. People know… — Robert Pattinson Copy Share Image
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