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

For famous men have the whole earth as their memorial.
Pericles on famous

I know I'm not supposed to have any opinions about politics, because I'm famous.
Cher on famous

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

You're not famous until my mother has heard of you.
Jay Leno on famous

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

I always want to say to people who want to be rich and famous: 'try being rich first'. See if that doesn't cover most of it. There's not much downside to being rich, other than paying taxes and having your relatives ask you for money. But when you become famous, you end up with a 24-hour job.
Bill Murray on famous

There's no difference between fame and infamy now. There's a new school of professional famous people that don't do anything. They don't create anything.
Ricky Gervais on famous

Nothing in life prepares you to be famous.
Jeff Foxworthy on famous

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

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

Tom Cruise, he's a lot more famous than me.
David Beckham on famous

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

I am beautiful, famous and gorgeous.
Anna Kournikova on famous

A famous person to themselves, they don't get up in the morning and think, I'm famous. I'm not famous to me. Famous is a perception.
Van Morrison on famous

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you. You're in a conversation and everybody's agreeing with what you're saying - even if you say something totally crazy. You need people who can tell you what you don't want to hear.
Al Pacino on famous

For a time, at least, I was the most famous person in the entire world.
Jesse Owens on famous

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young.
Duke Ellington on famous

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.
Robert Wyatt on famous

Celebrity distorts democracy by giving the rich, beautiful, and famous more authority than they deserve.
Maureen Dowd on famous