Reputation

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist

Reputation

"For a strolling damsel a doubtful reputation bears. [Ger., Denn ein wanderndes Madchen ist immer von schwankendem Rufe.]"

Bears Reputation Strolling

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Joseph Joubert Essayist, Moralist

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"How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?"

Book Made Reputation

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King Hussein I King

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"I will never work merely to make a reputation for myself, to be popular for appearances rather than for what I am. My task is to lead my country through service."

Country Tasks Reputation

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Euripides Playwright

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"Toil, says the proverb, is the sire of fame."

Fame Reputation Toil

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Charles Churchill Poet, Playwright

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"And reputation bleeds in ev'ry word."

Reputation

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Bill Murray Actor, Comedian

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"I've never made any horrible, horrible movies. If you don't ruin your reputation, you can always get work."

Made Ruins Reputation

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Wayne Dyer Author, Motivational Speaker

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"Your reputation is none of your business."

Reputation None Of Your Business

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me."

Tears Mouths Reputation

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Ralph Waldo Emerson Essayist, Philosopher, Poet

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"No book was ever written down by any but itself."

Book Reputation Written

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Vikram Seth Poet, Novelist

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"I have a reputation for being hermitlike. I'm not. I'm just obsessed with my work."

Reputation Obsessed

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Sienna Miller Actress

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"I'm supposed to be this complete slapper, that's my reputation."

Reputation Supposed To Be Slappers

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Oscar Wilde Writer

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"What is said of man is nothing; the point is, who says it."

Men Said Reputation

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Owen Wilson Actor

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"Anna Wintour has a reputation - she can be very intimidating - but that day [Valentino show] she was just smiling and laughing. That was my first time meeting her, and she seemed like she was having a great time. Everybody was enjoying themselves."

Firsts Laughing Reputation

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Leonard Cohen Singer-Songwriter

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"I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, because they know my life."

Men Reputation Ladies Man

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James Russell Lowell Poet, Essayist

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"O reputation! dearer far than life."

Reputation

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Emily Bronte Poet, Novelist

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"By this curious turn of disposition I have gained the reputation of deliberate heartlessness; how undeserved, I alone can appreciate."

Appreciate Reputation Curious

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Albert Einstein Physicist

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"What good is a reputation not put to good use."

Use Reputation

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Alexander Smith Poet

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"Fame is but an inscription on a grave, and glory the melancholy blazon on a coffin lid."

Reputation Melancholy Coffins

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Ray Bradbury Author

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"The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation."

Way Worry Reputation

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Robert Carlyle Actor

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"I have a reputation for being an improvisational actor, which is true, but I also know what I'm doing so that if the improvisational strand doesn't work I can go back to what I know's already there."

Knows Actors Reputation

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