Famous Quotes

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You cannot hear the name Martin Luther King, Jr., and not think of death. You might hear the words 'I have a dream,' but they… — Michael Eric Dyson
The fashion industry tends to attract people with serious personality defects. They just want to be rich and famous. But at some point you have… — Katharine Hamnett
Maybe it goes without saying that if you want to become a famous writer before you’re dead, you’ll have to write something. But the folks… — Ariel Gore
Of all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and certainly… — S. S. Van Dine
If lyrics sold then truth be told/I'd probably be just as rich and famous as Jay-Z. — Talib Kweli
You know what's the worst? Being a 16 year old girl who loves a famous Singer, not solely for his looks, but because you truly… — Anthony Kiedis
My garden will never make me famous, I'm a horticultural ignoramus. — Ogden Nash
Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not… — Junipero Serra
My goal was not to be famous or rich but to be good at what I did. And that required going to New York and… — Shirley Knight
It is reported from the famous worshiper Rabi'ah al-Adawiyya (radiAllahu anha) that she said: "I have never heard the adhaan except that I remember the… — Rabia Basri
To be honest, I never thought I'd be famous for baseball," she says. "I want to play basketball, and I could also do both basketball… — Mo'ne Davis
When I was growing up, there was always somebody who wanted to pick a fight with me. I'd say, I'm not a famous boxer, my… — Unknown Author
I am the most well-adjusted human being I know. I started out this investigation as a very happy man with a great career. I've got… — James Ellroy
In Sherman's famous march through Georgia, his soldiers left a swath of death and destruction, destroying crops, burning homes and killing civilians. Sherman himself acknowledged… — John Pugsley
He's very, very well-known. I'd say he's world-famous in Melbourne. — Barry Humphries
Somewhere in the shadow cast by every famous man is a feminine victim. — Jules Renard
It was pretty frightening because as we all know, when large, famous groups breakup, a lot of the members don't survive in solo careers. — Don Henley
It would just be a pamphlet. Three pages. The first page would be Drugs I Have Taken and then a list. The next page would… — Unknown Author
Exploitation films were famous for taking an issue an exploiting it because they could move much faster than a studio could. If there was any… — Robert Rodriguez
Mainstream people dislike homosexuality because they can't help concentrating on what homosexual men do to one another. And when you contemplate what people do, you… — Quentin Crisp
In its famous paradox, the equation of money and excrement, psychoanalysis becomes the first science to state what common sense and the poets have long… — Norman O. Brown
It's not that I don't want to become famous or that I'm obsessed by my work as an actress, but it's all about not limiting… — Sarah Polley
It is sometimes said that we should never believe a scientific theory until it is verified by experiment. But a famous astronomer has also stated… — Joao Magueijo
What's wonderful about Into The Woods is that you have a combination of all the most famous fairytales in this one story. — Emily Blunt
When you start to think of the arts as not this thing that is going to get you somewhere in terms of becoming an artist… — Lynda Barry

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