Famous Quotes

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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… — Cass Elliot
To educate the masses politically does not mean, cannot mean, making a political speech. What it means is to try, relentlessly and passionately, to teach… — Frantz Fanon
You don't have to be rich and famous. You just have to be an ordinary person, doing extraordinary things. I'd like more people to know… — Joan Armatrading
Steve Lawson is a brilliant musician. I've known about him and listened to him for many years. He may not be one of the most… — Victor Wooten
Look at Gleason in The Honeymooners. He was humorous but the way he lived wasn't really humorous. He was a bus driver. Who wants to… — George Thorogood
There was already a famous Sternberg in psychology and it was obvious there would not be another. — Robert Sternberg
Nonsense is nonsense even when spoken by when said by world-famous scientists. — John Lennox
It's hard to have a bad hair day when you're famous — Marion Jones
When I was going through my transition of being famous, I tried to ask God, why was I here? What was my purpose? Surely, it… — Wilma Rudolph
What do you do after you are world-famous and nineteen or twenty and you have sat with prime ministers, kings and queens, the Pope? Do… — Wilma Rudolph
If Tim Duncan had 'Knicks' on his jersey, he'd be a god. He'd be more than Patrick Ewing. With four championships and two MVPs, I… — Tony Parker
She has been more famous, over a longer time span, than any other female singer. — Ella Fitzgerald
Call the roll in your memory of conspicuously successful [business] giants and, if you know anything about their careers, you will be struck by the… — B. C. Forbes
I don't like balance. Balance is not a word you can use in Versace fashion. — Donatella Versace
I do not believe they are right who say that the defects of famous men should be ignored. I think it is better that we… — W. Somerset Maugham
Let the famous not denounce fame. Far from being empty and meaningless, it fills those it touches with divine power. — Franz Grillparzer
I'm following my dreams and doing what I love as a designer. I did not want to be one of those kids with a famous… — Nicky Hilton
A money-financed tax cut is essentially equivalent to Milton Friedman's famous 'helicopter drop' of money. — Ben Bernanke
I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking. — Glenn Hughes
There were so much affairs of me created by the media... of course I was not always a true single. I had some relations, once… — Gabriela Sabatini
I'm famous by default. I came out of the womb, and people wanted to know who I was because of my parents. — Frances Bean Cobain
You won’t be famous until people start saying the worst things they can about you. Don’t worry! It’s a good sign! — Nellie Melba
I was intent on doing something productive and on being everything my parents taught me to be. Their values were clear: do good work; don't… — Ruth Simmons
I did grow up next door to Steve McQueen, who was a very famous movie star at the time, but as a kid it didn't… — Herb Ritts
When people ask me which is your favourite portrait, they expect it to be Diana, or someone famous. But the answer is my dog, Puffy.… — Patrick Demarchelier

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