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> [Nobody knows anything about Shakespeare the person. It's all legend, it is all rumor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/nobody-knows-anything-about-shakespeare-the-person-it-s-all-legend-it/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/611/jeanette-winterson-166_knows_nobody-knows-anything-about-shakespeare_677741.png)

> [To be the first person to do anything, you're a legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deandre-jordan/to-be-the-first-person-to-do-anything-you-re-a-legend/)

[DeAndre Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deandre-jordan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e27/deandre-jordan-6008_anything_to-be-the-first-person-to-do-anything-yo_1064123.jpg)

> [When a person becomes a legend, the very thing that makes them human and knowable is killed off, so it's like being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/miriam-toews/when-a-person-becomes-a-legend-the-very-thing-that-makes-them-human/)

[Miriam Toews](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/miriam-toews/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c5/miriam-toews-3632_again_when-a-person-becomes-a-legend-the-very_1065718.png)

> [If it's a role like this one, an actual live person, a legend, there's lots of material laid out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-strathairn/if-it-s-a-role-like-this-one-an-actual-live-person-a-legend-there-s/)

[David Strathairn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-strathairn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bc/david-strathairn-27554_iconic_if-it-s-a-role-like-this-one-an-actual-l_1754589.png)

> [I'm not a real person. I'm a legend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-michel-basquiat/i-m-not-a-real-person-i-m-a-legend/)

[Jean-Michel Basquiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-michel-basquiat/)

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