Famous Quotes

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I never wanted to do biography just to tell the life of a famous man. I always wanted to use the life of a man… — Robert Caro
I tried sex once with a woman and that woman was Gala. It was overrated. I tried sex once with a man and that man… — Salvador Dali
I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something. — Ken Kesey
On the mainland, a rain was falling. The famous Seattle rain. The thin, gray rain that toadstools love. The persistent rain that knows every hidden… — Tom Robbins
Fame, I have already. Now I need the money. — Wilhelm Steinitz
I was the greenest rookie that ever was. One evening I was standing out on the sidewalk when a stranger approached and said, 'You're famous… — Walter Johnson
I'm the guy that made Joe DiMaggio famous. — Lefty Gomez
I'm going to be a superstar musician, kill myself, and go out in a flame of glory. I want to be rich and famous and… — Kurt Cobain
They can gas me, but I am famous. I have achieved in one day what it took Robert Kennedy all his life to do. — Sirhan Sirhan
The vast majority of those who are famous are not significant and the vast majority of those who are significant are not famous. — Dennis Prager
Why do they murder and why do they hate us? Because all of them ... 80 years of history, they all want to conquer the… — Phil Robertson
I'm not unknown, yet I'm not super famous where I can't go anywhere. — Justin Guarini
Here are more quotes about chemistry and famous quotations made by chemists relating to their science. There's no way you can create a chemistry where… — Michael Parkinson
Thus, after finishing high school, I started with high expectations and enthusiasm to study chemistry at the famous Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. — Richard Ernst
That the outer man is a picture of the inner, and the face an expression and revelation of the whole character, is a presumption likely… — Arthur Schopenhauer
A society needs famous people; the question is whom it chooses for that role. Any criticism of its choice is by implication a criticism of… — Max Frisch
I hate the word famous because it has no substance. — Harry Styles
To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun. — Gore Vidal
That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want… — Gore Vidal
I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unnecessary. — Unknown Author
One famous movie executive who shall remain nameless, exposed himself to me in his office. 'Mr X,' I said, 'I thought you were a producer… — Shirley Temple
Which, I wonder, brother reader, is the better lot, to die prosperous and famous, or poor and disappointed? To have, and to be forced to… — William Makepeace Thackeray
I told my girls, 'Look at Rihanna: She's one of the biggest pop stars in the world. She's really famous, really powerful, really rich. Yet… — Caitlin Moran
It's not my goal to be a famous actor — Gavin DeGraw
I knew damn well I would never be a movie star. It's too hard; and if you are intelligent, it's too embarrassing. My complexes aren't… — Holly Golightly

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