Famous Quotes

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Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws. — Bill James
English people are famous for never speaking out but only saying what they really feel about you behind your back. Americans believe the shortest distance… — Rachel Johnson
These days there are a lot of people who just want to be famous. I think that comes from a naive place, because those people… — Catherine Keener
I always thought it was strange when these artists like Kurt Cobain or whoever would get really famous and say, 'I don't understand why this… — Chad Kroeger
My goal and my career is definitely not to be famous. That's a really horrible goal, just to be famous for the sake of having… — Joel McHale
I love meeting famous people. I'm even happy just looking at them. — Joey McIntyre
It's every teenager's dream to be in a band, tour the world and be famous. — Joey McIntyre
I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills. — Diane Keaton
A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that… — Johnny Knoxville
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have. — Gautama Buddha
Being rich and famous has never been my goal at all. I love to act and I want to be able to do really great… — Jenn Proske
If I hadn't had the experience of being famous, I would have searched for it my whole life. I would have just gone on and… — Matthew Perry
Some of us will probably become famous. It will be an ironic fame fashioned largely by those who have never seen our work. — Allan Kaprow
In some far-off distant time, when the twentieth century history of primitive computing is just a murky memory, someone is likely to suppose that devices… — Charles Petzold
At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six… — Slobodan MiloseviÄ‡
Liu Fang is a truly gifted, world-famous player of the pipa and the guzheng, classical Chinese stringed instruments. — Guy Gavriel Kay
I figure there are enough self-opinionated assholes trying to get their ugly little faces in front of you as it is. You ask a lot… — Banksy
People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase. — Ja Rule
I never wanted to be famous. It was amusing at first, but now I hate it. I just wanted to be respected by people I… — Caitlin Moran
I'm so famous, people expect me to sell as many records as Celine Dion or Puff Daddy. — Marilyn Manson
The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long. — James Lee
In Germany I am not so famous. — Hans Berger
You can win a talent show and be so famous that you can't walk down the street, but no-one knows you next Monday. — JJ Feild
On any morning these days whole segments of the population wake up to find themselves famous, while, to keep matters shipshape, whole contingents of celebrities… — Louis Kronenberger
When I was growing up I loved reading historical fiction, but too often it was about males; or, if it was about females, they were… — Kathryn Lasky

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