Famous Quotes

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We're not encouraging idols other than on the TV show, you know and that's the wrong way to do it. If we had become famous… — Billy Bob Thornton
People would go anywhere to see a famous person in the flesh, no matter what they do. — Tom Lehrer
You can get famous for doing something stupid and empty, but you do something stupid and empty and you're already famous, you lose your career. — Billy Bob Thornton
The bike that I've been riding is a Big Ripper. It' an SE Racing 29" bike that Famous [Stars & Straps] did a collaboration with… — Matt Skiba
I've always dabbled. I've always nearly written a book, I've always tried painting, I've always tried to make something out of ideas, really. It was… — Ricky Gervais
I know a famous violinist who told me he can't compose because he knows too many pieces. So, when he starts thinking of a note,… — Natalie Portman
There are some quite funny things about getting famous and stuff, but I think there comes a point where you have to think to yourself,… — Jarvis Cocker
There are great science books that were conceived as books. Feynman's famous introductory lectures in physics, which have a beginning and an end, which are… — David Gelernter
We could tell them [alien civilization] things that we have discovered in the realm of mathematical physics, but there is stuff that I would like… — Paul Davies
I'm so much more famous than I am financially successful. — Roseanne Barr
The thing I love most about being famous is people listening to me when I have something important to say. — Madonna Ciccone
The thing I like least about being famous is being overly scrutinized for everything I say and do. — Madonna Ciccone
When I was young, Stephen Hawking wasn't the world's most famous physicist. The fame didn't arrive until the publication of "A Brief History of Time,"… — Stephen Hawking
I'd always need a creative outlet. But sometimes, I do fantasize what my life would be like if I weren't famous. — Jodie Foster
When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image. — Megan Fox
People just assume that if you're famous, you're in Hollywood. — Megan Fox
Nothing in life prepares you to be famous. — Jeff Foxworthy
I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. — Anne Frank
You have to pretend that your life is a financial pleasure even when your autographs are bouncing. — Kinky Friedman
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on. — Robert Frost
I don't like Los Angeles. The people are awful and terribly shallow, and everybody wants to be famous but nobody wants to play the game.… — Lady Gaga
What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazzi following you around to be… — Lady Gaga
I absolutely loved being famous. It was all great, up until the point when it wasn't. — Noel Gallagher
Anything that's of any use, famous people get hold of it and take it for themselves and it gets a bad rap. — Noel Gallagher
Where there is love there is life. — Mahatma Gandhi

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