642 private quotes tagged famous

“Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger.” — Michael N. Castle

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“I was a shy kid, but somehow I knew I would make it as a performer. I'd always be telling my mum that I was going to be a famous singer. In my school yearbooks I would write, 'Remember me when I'm famous.' I knew I had a gift.” — Nicole Scherzinger

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“And I want to be able to - you know, make Republicans and Democrats famous for keeping jobs in California.” — Meg Whitman

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“It's very difficult today for girls to become supermodels. There is a lot more competition, a lot of countries in the East have opened up so there are many more models than there were in the Nineties. Now they have to compete with famous actresses but also with, say, reality stars to be on the magazine covers.” — Claudia Schiffer

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“There's this common perception that having a famous last name is all you need. A surname may get you a meeting, but if there's no talent you won't get the part.” — Lily Collins

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“The poster boy for our superabled future is Oscar Pistorius, an increasingly famous South African sprinter who happens to have had both of his legs amputated below the knee. Using upside down question mark-shaped carbon fiber sprinting prosthetics, called Cheetah blades, Mr. Pistorius can challenge the fastest sprinters in the world.” — Daniel H. Wilson

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“I would have changed my last name if being famous were my goal.” — Zach Galifianakis

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“I studied Japanese language and culture in college and graduate school, and afterward went to work in Tokyo, where I met a young man whose father was a famous businessman and whose mother was a geisha.” — Arthur Golden

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“I'd die if I was Madonna. I'd die. God, what a horrible way to live. And Michael Jackson! To be so famous and to feel so isolated. I feel so bad for them. I don't know how it feels, and I hope it never happens to me.” — Alicia Silverstone

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“I studied Hitchcock a little bit at University and knew the famous story about the Birds - that he'd tortured Tippi for a day using real birds. I had no idea that it was a five-day onslaught and that it was the tip of an iceberg that carried on through to another film.” — Toby Jones

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“Sometimes you're famous before you're good.” — Maggie Q

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“You know, I'm a television personality. It's not like I'm a famous hooker or something!” — Brett Somers

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“I know there are people, if I go into a market or a city for the first time, there are people that are there that just want to see the famous person, or the guy from 'Dumb and Dumber' or whatever movie they liked. And that's fine, it gets them in the door, but then it's my job to give them something different.” — Jeff Daniels

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“I think that people who are famous tend to be underdeveloped in their humanity skills.” — Diane Keaton

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“I keep saying I'm not at all famous in my own country, because people do not think I have done anything for India.” — Freida Pinto

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“I'm a bit jealous. Until two days ago someone told me I am the most famous Korean in the world.” — PSY

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“The first pork-barrel bill that crosses my desk, I'm going to veto it and make the authors of those pork-barrel items famous all over America.” — John McCain

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“My ultimate dream is to become a famous star because I love to sing.” — Lucy Hale

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“It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.” — Ben Stiller

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“I felt no pressure that my grandfather was famous and my uncle was famous.” — Kim Weston

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“Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much.” — Kim Weston

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“Famous crime stories almost always lead to the passing of new laws.” — Bill James

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“I never feel so utterly fraudulent as when I review a movie whose charms impress all in the world and I simply do not get it. The other variant is that I love something the world disdains. This has had severe career consequences: I am still famous - or notorious - in certain quarters where I am recalled as the man who liked 'Hudson Hawk.'” — Stephen Hunter

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“I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'” — Archie Panjabi

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“It's been real weird. It wasn't how I expected my life to turn out. Especially, mainly pertaining to the show. It never crossed my mind that one day I'm gonna be big and famous and have my own TV show, you know?” — Jack Osbourne

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