Famous Quotes

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I'm as famous as I want to be. — Tracey Ullman
I don't come from a famous family and don't have this detachment from everyday people and everyday life. I'm just doing my job and the… — Ed Westwick
If you want help in starting to write memoirs, you don't want to fall into the clutches of a famous writer who has been hired… — Judith Barrington
Celebrities and 'famous' people are just regular folks. I know, it's a shocking and potentially dangerous statement. — Adam McKay
The Upton Sinclair of today's global economy is Charles Kernaghan, the New York based muckraker most famous for his expose of sweatshops producing the Kathie… — Charles Derber
The best sculptor is the one who can most accurately reproduce in marble the image that he sees before him. The good cook follows the… — Sterling W Sill
It's weird to have people so interested in your personal life. It's a part of the business that grosses me out. I'm always bummed out… — Andy Samberg
All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own… — Francois Truffaut
I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage. — Beyonce Knowles
The image we have of a famous person often bears no relation to them. — David Tang
Most of my life I have played a lot of famous people but most of them were dead so you have a poetic license. — Christopher Plummer
Many medal winners dream of competing in a sport other than the one they're famous for. — Mary Lou Retton
What is the explanation for the blind eye that has been turned on the flood of medical reports on the causative role of carbohydrates in… — Robert Atkins
Jesus Christ is the most famous Jew of all time, but is today remembered as a Christian. Surprisingly, the Jewish community has accepted this distortion… — Shmuley Boteach
I've always had confidence. Before I was famous, that confidence got me into trouble. After I got famous, it just got me into more trouble. — Bruce Willis
The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single… — Robert South
Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get huge applause; and… — Frederic Chopin
You have to define success in your own way. What maintains your dignity and integrity and what is your life's plan; where do you want… — Laura Schlessinger
I definitely wanted to be an actor. I didn't want to be on TV, I didn't want to be famous, I didn't want to be… — Lauren Graham
I'm not interested in becoming a bigger star, I'm not interested in being the wealthiest guy in the world. I'm doing fine, I love acting,… — Seth Green
While on the subject of burning books, I want to congratulate librarians, not famous for their physical strength, who, all over this country, have staunchly… — Kurt Vonnegut
Walter Duranty helped to turn the monster Stalin into a world figure and a hero of the leftistWestern intelligentsia by defending the bloodbath of the… — Lance Morrow
Corruption is no stranger to Washington; it is a famous resident. — Walter Goodman
He's a world-famous name to people who care about his music, but there are many people who have never heard of George Gershwin and those… — Michael Feinstein
The famous herbalist Samuel Thompson used two herbs mainly, cayenne & lobelia. And with those two herbs, it is estimated he helped 3.5 million people… — Richard M. Schulze

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