Famous Quotes

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We worship education but hate learning. We worship success but hate the successful. We worship fame but hate the famous. — Florence King
The world's most famous and popular language is music. — Unknown Author
I never wanted to be the most famous, the most beautiful, the most extravagant. — Manolo Blahnik
Living in L.A., everyone likes to mold you and change you. I don't care about fame, I don't care about being a celebrity. I know… — Jessica Alba
They may be big in Switzerland, but so are yodellers, and nobody wants to watch them fight. Heavyweight title fights should be huge events, not… — David Haye
As the twentieth century began, science equaled a materialistic worldview. As the twenty-first century began, the worldview of science, at least of physics and astronomy,… — Huston Smith
'-mediocre, arrogant as his father, a determined rule-breaker, delighted to find himself famous, attention-seeking and impertinent -' said Severus. 'You see what you expect to… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Perhaps I had better inform my Protestant readers that the famous Dogma of Papal Infallibility is by far the most modest pretension of the kind… — George Bernard Shaw
Each of us is as intimately attached to the soil of this beautiful country as are the famous jacaranda trees of Pretoria and the mimosa… — Nelson Mandela
My hair was famous before I was. — Christopher Walken
And I don't think we should be continuing to propagate the idea that famous people are magical or special because it makes people feel like… — Russell Brand
I never set out to be rich and famous. I wanted to follow my own path. — Matthew Modine
I go from a full working day to making sure I am home for dinner with my kids. I couldn't do that in a 10cm… — Donatella Versace
The painful warrior famous for fight, After a thousand victories, once foil'd, Is from the books of honor razed quite, And all the rest forgot… — William Shakespeare
The more dignity is widely and freely available in a society, the less people want to be famous. — Alain de Botton
Artists shouldn't be made famous. They have this huge aura of almost god-like quality about them, just because their craft makes a lot of money.… — Kate Bush
Some of my most outrageous nights- I can only believe actually happened because of corroborating evidence. No wonder I'm famous for partying! The ultimate party-… — Keith Richards
It's possible in today's world to be instantly famous, whether it's through Instagram or whatever platform it may be, but it's a very different matter… — Anna Wintour
I'm not doing the run to become rich or famous. — Terry Fox
I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist. — Nat King Cole
...if we know God our knowledge of... everything will be brought to perfection, and, in so far as is possible, the infinite, divine and ineffable… — Pope Dionysius
I lost some of my friends because I got so famous, people who just assumed that I would be different now. I felt like everyone… — Haruki Murakami
If Christianity is valid, why is there so much evil in the world?" To this the famous preacher replied, "With so much soap, why are… — Billy Graham
I made a conscious decision back then that I would rather be the best actress who ever lived than the most famous one. — Sally Kirkland
In New York, after that famous home run, they expected me to be up there every year. That homer raised me to a high level,… — Bobby Thomson

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