Famous Quotes - Page 3

My aunt is a famous L.A. chef, Susan Feniger, and she's got Street and Border Grill. So a fun night out for me is to go to my aunt's restaurants.

When you become famous, you start getting invites to parties where there are famous athletes and famous rock stars, politicians, people who have tremendous power and affluence. It's not in my DNA, but certainly I have been exposed to it.

George Harrison was also a pleasure to work with. He was one of the most famous people I've ever known, but in spite of that fame, he was such a nice and friendly guy.

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn... -Macy Gray

Becoming famous and selling a lot of records doesn't change a thing.

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This quote suggests that achieving fame and commercial success, such as selling many records, does not fundamentally alter or transform a person's life or inner self.

Olympic Gold changed me and my life dramatically. I became a celebrity overnight and people see me as a famous skater, not a real person.

It is difficult to be famous and that successful where you can't even walk down the street without people chasing you, and having people build monuments to you and worshiping you - all that stuff - but I never took that to a place where I believed it. I saw it as being temporary and a phase.

In the beginning, I loved being famous, but now I am tired of it and I would like to go back to my freedom.

I have so much empathy for these young actors that are 19 and all of a sudden they're beautiful and famous and rich. I'm like, 'Oh my God, I'd be dead.'

Thank God I arrived the day before yesterday, the first of the month, at this port of San Diego, truly a fine one, and not without reason called famous.

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until fi... -Cary Grant

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

The world's most famous and popular language is mu... -Psy

The world's most famous and popular language is music.

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The quote suggests that music, as a universal form of expression, is the most renowned and beloved language or medium across the globe, emphasizing its ability to transcend cultural and linguistic boundaries.

Going to New York to do whatever - show business - it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasn't scared.

I learned to ride a ten-speed when I was 4 or 5. My uncle gave me the bike, hand-me-down, and everyone used to stare at me riding up and down this block. I was too short to reach the pedals, so I put my legs through the V of the frame. I was famous. The little kid who could ride the ten-speed.

I once wrote that Lord Moran, Churchill's doctor, had doctored his diaries as well as his famous patient. That was true but unfair. Although their authenticity as contemporary, daily accounts is often questionable, the observations are quite wonderful.

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a st... -Diablo Cody

You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.

I love singing - singing is what I'm famous for doing. Now it's turned into things I am famous for doing - like having rows with my mum or about my boyfriend, so it does get irritating.

I don't know how to construct a career that'll make me famous. Except maybe get my ears pinned back, get my teeth done, and go to America. But then I'll be competing with billions of actors who haven't got false teeth, and who are 25.

At the time when this famous historical battle was fought in Kosovo, the people were looking at the stars, expecting aid from them. Now, six centuries later, they are looking at the stars again, waiting to conquer them.

Sometimes you're famous before you're good.

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This quote implies that fame can be attained even before achieving excellence or mastery in a particular field. It suggests that talent or skill may not always be a prerequisite for gaining fame.

I lead a unique existence as someone who is famous for being young on film, or young in the minds of everyone.

In 2008, no images dominated Hollywood's viewfinders like theirs did. They're rich... they're gorgeous... sometimes, they get a little emotional. Also, they're each about three feet tall. They're the children of the famous, on newsstands and Web sites - the breakout stars of 2008.

I think basically becoming famous has taken the place of going to Heaven in modern society, hasn't it? That's the place where your dreams will come true. It's an act of faith now; they think that's going to sort things out.

There is a misleading, unwritten rule that states if a quote giving advice comes from someone famous, very old, or Greek, then it must be good advice.

I was with a famous comedian when a young fan walked up and asked for an autograph. The comedian blew him off. I'll never forget the look on the young boy's face. He was devastated.

I've always been more drawn to being normal than b... -Vince Gill

I've always been more drawn to being normal than being famous.

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This quote reveals the speaker's preference for leading an ordinary or regular life over seeking fame. It indicates a lack of fascination or attraction to celebrity status and a desire for a more ordinary existence.

I don't want to be more famous than what I have right now. At least in that sense where people come up to me in the grocery store.

A lot of stand-up comedy guys, when they get a little famous, just give up their stand-up career, and it cancels out the thing that set them apart.

I've noticed that once you leave London you do kind of become a bit more famous. People in London are a bit too cool for school. It's not so unusual to see someone from London in the street. But outside of London people are a bit more excited to see you and come out and support you.

I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, ... -Paz de la Huerta

I've learned to stay away from publicity addicts, people who want to be famous for no reason.

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