#famous

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. ↗

— Ray Charles

#great #i #never #only #wanted

I think in the end, when you're famous, people like to narrow you down to a few personality traits. I think I've just become this ambitious, say-whatever's-on-her-mind, intimidating person. And that's part of my personality, but it's certainly not anywhere near the whole thing. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#anywhere #become #certainly #down #end

I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist. ↗

— Robert Crumb

#cartoonist #famous #felt #get #i

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

— Maureen Dowd

#authority #beautiful #celebrity #democracy #deserve

They saw me, those reckless seekers of beauty, and in a night I was famous. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#famous #i #me #night #reckless

Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off. ↗

— Jude Law

#clothes #face #famous #i #off

Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. It's all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that. ↗

— Sandra Lee

#buy #chef #even #famous #had

It isn't false modesty when I say this, but although I am supposed to be a famous person it doesn't mean anything to me. I just sit at home and work. ↗

— Gyorgy Legeti

#am #anything #false #false modesty #famous

Similarly, another famous little quantum fluctuation that programs you is the exact configuration of your DNA. ↗

— Seth Lloyd

#configuration #dna #exact #famous #fluctuation

I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a real problem. ↗

— Shirley MacLaine

#any #anyone #anything #background #because