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Fame is the thirst of youth.
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Lord Byron

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Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.
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W. H. Auden

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Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Few people rise to our esteem upon closer scrutiny.
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French Proverb

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Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
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Lord Byron

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Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.
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Marcus T. Cicero

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Heartthrobs are a dime a dozen.
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Brad Pitt

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How great are the dangers I face to win a good name in Athens.
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Alexander The Great

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How vain, without the merit, is the name.
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Homer

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I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
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Confucius

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I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
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Lord Byron

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I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name.
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Marcus Valerius Martial

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I had it all and blew it.
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Mickey Mantle

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I must say, I don't feel very qualified to be a pop star. I feel very awkward at times in the role.
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Edward De Bono

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I want to be famous everywhere.
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Luciano Pavarotti

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I was the only one there I never heard of.
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Barry J. Farber

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I won't be happy till I'm as famous as God.
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Madonna

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I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.
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Cato The Elder

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I'm afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.
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Aldous Huxley

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If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it.
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Marcus Valerius Martial

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If you modestly enjoy your fame you are not unworthy to rank with the holy.
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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

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It is a mark of many famous people that they cannot part with their brightest hour.
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Lillian Hellman

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It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.
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Vladimir Nabokov

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It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others.
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(Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal

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It is better to be a has-been than a never-was.
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Cecil Parkinson

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