Isabel Allende
Novelist
"You are the storyteller of your own life, and you can create your own legend, or not."
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Fame
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Pythagoras
Philosopher, Mathematician
"So in life, some enter the services of fame and others money, but the best choice is that of those few who spend their time in the contemplation of nature, and as lovers of wisdom."
W. Somerset Maugham
Novelist, Playwright
"It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved."
Lady Gaga
Singer, Actress
"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 famous."
Chris Brown
Singer, Songwriter, Dancer
"With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech."
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"Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion."
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"You can't reverse fame. You can lose all the money, but you'll never lose people knowing you."
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"I'm never going to accomplish anything; that's perfectly clear to me. I'm never going to be famous. My name will never be writ large on the roster of Those Who Do Things. I don't do anything. Not one single thing. I used to bite my nails, but I don't even do that any more."
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"Patience is the greatest of all virtues."
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"Fancy being remembered around the world for the invention of a mouse!"
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"Being noticed can be a burden. Jesus got himself crucified because he got himself noticed. So I disappear a lot."
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"It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot."
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"On being asked by someone how he could become famous, Diogenes responded: 'By worrying as little as possible about fame"
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"I had a lot of resistance, and not just to fame. I was always conscious of not changing."
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"The stars are the apexes of what triangles!"
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"I think fame itself is not a rewarding thing. The most you can say is that it gets you a seat in restaurants."
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"I don't like being recognised, I have no interest in being famous at all, I just do what I do. If I could be like Captain Kirk and beam myself up and then beam myself down, I would!"
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"I wanted to be successful, not famous."
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"What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous."
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"Fame is fickle, and I know it. It has its compensations but it also has its drawbacks, and I've experienced them both."
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"Fame gives you everything you never wanted."
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"Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best."
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"And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal famousness immortalized, The day will come that takes your fame as well, And there a second death for you awaits."
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"The thought of money and fame and all that is nice to have. But it's not what's really important."
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"Fame — the aggregate of all the misunderstandings that collect around a new name."
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