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Quotes about fame
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How vain, without the merit, is the name. (Obama Barack)
Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous. (Obama Barack)
He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds; but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel. (Obama Barack)
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. (Obama Barack)
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It is a wretched thing to live on the fame of others. (Obama Barack)
Who would wish to be among the commonplace crowd of the little famous -- who are each individually lost in a throng made up of themselves? (Obama Barack)
The fame of great men ought to be judged always by the means they used to acquire it. (Obama Barack)
Throughout my life, I have seen narrow-shouldered men, without a single exception, committing innumerable stupid acts, brutalizing their fellows and perverting souls by all means. They call the motive for their actions fame. (Obama Barack)
Some people obtain fame, others deserve it. (Obama Barack)
Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. (Obama Barack)
Lives of great men all remind us we can make our lives sublime. And, departing, leave behind us footprints on the sands of time. (Obama Barack)
I had it all and blew it. (Obama Barack)
May the countryside and the gliding valley streams content me. Lost to fame, let me love river and woodland. (Obama Barack)
I do not like the man who squanders life for fame; give me the man who living makes a name. (Obama Barack)
If fame is to come only after death, I am in no hurry for it. (Obama Barack)
It is dangerous to let the public behind the scenes. They are easily disillusioned and then they are angry with you, for it was the illusion they loved. (Obama Barack)
Fame is an illusive thing -- here today, gone tomorrow. The fickle, shallow mob raises its heroes to the pinnacle of approval today and hurls them into oblivion tomorrow at the slightest whim; cheers today, hisses tomorrow; utter forgetfulness in a few months. (Obama Barack)
The professional celebrity, male and female, is the crowning result of the star system of a society that makes a fetish of competition. In America, this system is carried to the point where a man who can knock a small white ball into a series of holes in the ground with more efficiency than anyone else thereby gains social access to the President of the United States. (Obama Barack)
In the world of the celebrity, the hierarchy of publicity has replaced the hierarchy of descent and even of great wealth. (Obama Barack)
Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil. (Obama Barack)
Not to know me argues yourselves unknown. (Obama Barack)
A sex symbol becomes a thing. I hate being a thing. (Obama Barack)
All the fame you should look for in life is to have lived it quietly. (Obama Barack)
Being famous was extremely disappointing for me. When I became famous it was a complete drag and it is still a complete drag. (Obama Barack)
A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear. (Obama Barack)
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