"I truly believe I may be getting too big for my own good."
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"Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame."
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"Fame puts you there where things are hollow."
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"I never thought I'd be on the same stage as Kiss."
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"I have always believed that fame is a curse. I never envied one of the famous people I've known."
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"To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for."
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"Pelé is one of the few who contradicted my theory: instead of fifteen minutes of fame, he will have fifteen centuries."
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"Fame is finally only the sum total of all the misunderstanding that can gather around a new name."
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"Fame is the sum of the misunderstanding that gathers about a new name."
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"I was seeking comic originality, and fame fell on me as a byproduct."
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"You can read about yourself but what's important is how you feel about yourself."
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"Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness."
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"Fame for me is like a place, a country I'm taking a tour through."
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"When a writer is swayed with his fame and his fortune, you can float him down the river with the turds."
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"Marie Curie is, of all celebrated beings, the only one whom fame has not corrupted."
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"Fame should be left to the film stars."
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"If anybody gets highbrow around the studio, out he goes."
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"Writers write for fame, wealth, power and the love of women."
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"What is glory? It is to have a lot of nonsense talked about you."
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"Fame's carapace does not allow for easy breathing."
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