"I sacrificed my anonymity for my father, whereas he sacrificed me for his fame."
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"If a woman's got nothing but her fair fame to feed on, why, it's thin tack, and a donkey would die of it!"
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"The easiest way to get 15 minutes of fame is to be rude to somebody."
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"Poet's food is love and fame."
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"Fame is the shade of immortality, And in itself a shadow. Soon as caught, Contemn'd; it shrinks to nothing in the grasp."
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"Satire recoils whenever charged too high; round your own fame the fatal splinters fly."
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"With fame, in just proportion, envy grows."
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"When we were growing up our parents somehow made it clear that being famous was good. And I mistakenly thought that if I was famous then everyone would love me."
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"If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me."
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"A man's renown is like the hue of grass, Which comes and goes."
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"Death hath a fairer fame than a life of toil."
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"Being famous is great, it's not like bad or horrible or anything."
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"I love being famous - it's phenomenal."
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"Power has got to be the most intoxicating thing in the world—and of all forms of power the most intoxicating is fame."
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"Vanity is the most dangerous thing about fame."
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"All hunt for fame, but most mistake the way."
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"That's what fame is: solitude."
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"I like it when I'm on the stage, but honestly, I would be very happy if I could cut it off, just enjoy my life when I wasn't performing."
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"Ironically, this was Bob Dylan's period [1967-74] of greatest fame."
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"I love getting into restaurants and getting free stuff - that part of fame I definitely enjoy!"
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