Famous Quotes - Page 2

I know I have this level of celebrity, of fame, international, national, whatever you want to call it, but it's a pretty surreal thing to think sometimes that you're in the middle of another famous person's life and you think to yourself, 'How the hell did I get famous? What is this some weird club that we're in?'

Celebrities say they date other celebrities because they have the same job. But I think they just like dating famous people. Celebrities attract each other, like cattle.

To be famous these days with no grounding and no substance is not especially difficult. I urge you instead to seek to be relevant, to be agile and educated.

Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,0... -Meek Mill

Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.

A lot of people these days are not music lovers - they just want to be famous which is a very different thing to what I grew up believing in.

It is ridiculous - like a mad whirlwind... it's ma... -Amy Jackson

It is ridiculous - like a mad whirlwind... it's mad that I'm so famous.

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The individual characterizes their fame as something absurd or irrational, comparing it to a chaotic and frenzied whirlwind and expressing surprise or disbelief at their own level of recognition.

I ain't expect it. I just expected to be Chicago famous - 'hood famous. I ain't expect to be outside-of-Chicago famous.

I remember being superyoung, like nine or ten years old, and thinking, 'Man, I wonder what famous people eat for breakfast. They must have some special kind of cereal!' My mind was so warped by the idea of fame.

Pebble Mill was packed with a lot of talent and a lot of really, really good stuff came out of Birmingham. It was a tragedy that it closed. It was the most famous TV centre in the country.

I had the pleasure of getting to know David Beckham, an icon of football and beyond that. He's a great person, but I had no idea he was such a shy guy. Sometimes when you speak to him he blushes. It's very strange, he's famous around the world but in private he is very shy.

I was brought up with psychics and tarot cards. My mum was always told I was going to be in a boy band and be famous as a singer.

One thing I think celebrities shy away from is exposing the reality that we're all the same. Somebody's not more important because they have a Bentley or a big house or a famous boyfriend or plastic surgery - we're all the same.

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 2... -Kurtis Blow

The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships.

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The quote states that the Bronx is renowned for two notable things: its association with the birth of hip-hop music and the numerous world championships achieved by teams from that area.

No one can train you to be famous. How do you deal with the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy? You have to be disciplined.

Forget about being world famous, it's hard enough just getting the automatic doors at the supermarket to acknowledge our existence.

No matter how famous and established they were or however blessed they were with great songs or long careers, if they lived alone, they lived alone. That's not the way I wanted to live prior to the tour or after.

Hitler was so modern, in that he was obsessed with being famous. He was caught up with this rush to be have achieved greatness before turning 30.

I was the most famous kid in the United States. Th... -Gore Vidal

I was the most famous kid in the United States. That was 1936.

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This quote asserts that the speaker was the most well-known child in the United States in 1936, highlighting their significant level of fame during that specific period.

I don't really know a lot of famous people. I've met a lot of famous people. If I ran into Tom Hanks today, I would have to remind him who I was and he would then remember me. But he wouldn't come up to me and say, 'Hi Dave!'

If you ever get rich and famous, by definition you are special. You have done something special, and therefore you start to behave special. Then if the floor drops out, and you become down and out, you have a really new perspective.