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Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad. (Quote by - John Corbett)

I don't have a problem with fame. I got into this business intending to be very successful, but I wanted it to be at my price. (Quote by - Jason Patric)

To many fame comes too late. (Quote by - Luis De Camoens)

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years. (Quote by - Jane Haddam)

The best-concerted schemes men lay for fame, Die fast away: only themselves die faster. The far-fam'd sculptor, and the laurell'd bard, Those bold insurancers of deathless fame, Supply their little feeble aids in vain. (Quote by - Robert Blair)

But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams. (Quote by - Robin Yount)

The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today. (Quote by - Hank Stram)

I like this town, it's really great. They've put me in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. This town is about music. It's about the kind of music I like. (Quote by - Otis Blackwell)

Wealth is like sea-water; the more we drink, the thirstier we become; and the same is true of fame. (Quote by - Arthur Schopenhauer)

What a heavy burden is a name that has become famous too soon. (Quote by - Voltaire)

When I started off, I didn't only ride to fame on my looks though many people I know think otherwise. (Quote by - Natasha Henstridge)

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed. (Quote by - Samuel Johnson)

I want fame more than I can tell. But more than I want fame I want happiness. (Quote by - Mary MacLane)

I think I understand what military fame is; to be killed on the field of battle and have your name misspelled in the newspapers. (Quote by - William Tecumseh Sherman)

There are names written in her immortal scroll at which Fame blushes! (Quote by - William Hazlitt)

I always felt that I was one of the women who helped lay the foundation for rock and roll. But I'd always been overlooked by the Hall of Fame. (Quote by - Brenda Lee)

To become a celebrity is to become a brand name. There is Ivory Soap, Rice Krispies, and Philip Roth. Ivory is the soap that floats; Rice Krispies the breakfast cereal that goes snap-crackle-pop; Philip Roth the Jew who masturbates with a piece of liver. (Quote by - Philip Roth)

Folly loves the martyrdom of Fame. (Quote by - Lord Byron)

It's too bad I'm not as wonderful a person as people say I am, because the world could use a few people like that. (Quote by - Alan Alda)

The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do without thought of fame. If it comes at all it will come because it is deserved, not because it is sought after. (Quote by - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

The fame aspect of winning the Masters... besides being married and becoming a father, that's a strong third there. (Quote by - Mike Weir)

Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous. (Quote by - Don Johnson)

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud. (Quote by - W. H. Auden)

Mickey Mouse... is always there-he's part of my life. That really is something not everyone can call their claim to fame. (Quote by - Annette Funicello)

Fame and success are very different things. (Quote by - Enya)

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