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It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.
Happiness
Alan Alda

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I awoke one morning and found myself famous.
Fame
Lord Byron

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I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great.
Greatness
Ray Charles

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Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers and are famous preservers of youthful looks.
Cheerfulness
Charles Dickens

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I'd rather be able to face myself in the bathroom mirror than be rich and famous.
Self-love
Ani DiFranco

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A man who is contented with what he has done will never become famous for what he will do.
Contentment
Fred Estabrook

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There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
Fame
Benjamin Franklin

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

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The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing.
Self-denial
Leigh Hunt

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I can do whatever I want -- I'm rich, I'm famous, and I'm bigger than you.
Desire
Don Johnson

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Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.
Fame
Don Johnson

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People hate me because I am a multifaceted, talented, wealthy, internationally famous genius.
Hatred
Jerry Lewis

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

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I want to be famous everywhere.
Fame
Luciano Pavarotti

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It is better to be faithful than famous.
Loyalty
Theodore Roosevelt

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How many famous and high-spirited heroes have lived a day too long?
Heroes and Heroism
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
Ability
George Bernard Shaw

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Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Quotations
Simeon Strunsky

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Before a man can wake up and find himself famous he has to wake up and find himself.
Self-knowledge
Source Unknown

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What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon.
Fame
Voltaire

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The day will come when everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.
Fame
Andy Warhol

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Sometimes I wish I weren't famous.
Fame
Tammy Wynette

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun