Famous Viewpoints Quotes

1. "Contrary to the current presumption, if there is any man who has no right to solitude, it is the artist. Art cannot be a monologue. When the most solitary and least famous artist appeals to posterity, he is merely reaffirming his fundamental vocation. Considering a dialogue with deaf or inattentive contemporaries to be impossible, he appeals to a more far-reaching dialogue with the generations to come. But in order to speak about all and to all, one has to speak of what all know and of the reality common to us all. The sea, rains, necessity, desire, the struggle against death—these are the things that unite us all. We resemble one another in what we see together, in what we suffer together. Dreams change from individual to individual, but the reality of the world is common to us all."
Author: Albert Camus

2. "...one or both of those babies could be president one day. Or they could discover the cure for a terrible disease, or one could be a famous musician or even a preacher.' I stopped and considered for a minute, wondering what would impress her more than that. 'Or just be fine and decent men or women, or man and woman, who would be a blessing to you in your old age. There's a purpose for every soul that comes into this world..."
Author: Ann B. Ross

3. "Even Scientific American entered the fray with an article proposing that the person portrayed in the famous Martin Droeshout engraving might actually be--I weep to say it--Elizabeth I."
Author: Bill Bryson

4. "I know really, really famous people who are terrified every time they walk on to a stage."
Author: Bill Nighy

5. "You know, the more I appear on newspapers, the more famous I become."
Author: Brenda Fassie

6. "I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy."
Author: Brigitte Bardot

7. "Being famous is like putting yourself on a pedestal for the entire world to see, and not caring about what judgements are made of you."
Author: Chris Colfer

8. "I'm a sucker for any band named after a work of literature. Los de Abajo take their name from Mariano Azuela's famous novel 'The Underdogs,' and that says a lot about who they are and the music they make."
Author: Daniel Alarcon

9. "I'm not the most famous guy in the world; my work is spread out across different mediums, and I never write the same kind of story and rarely even do the same character from one year to the next."
Author: Doug TenNapel

10. "If you act out of love, whatever you do is both perfect and right. It doesn't matter if you're a deep thinker or a squirrel nut if you act out of love. Crap starts getting seriously screwed if something else gets in the way, something like fear or revenge or even victory or being famous or some other dumb thing. The only thing we need to do is figure out what we really love."
Author: Geoff Herbach

11. "Seven is more than a lucky number or a famous baseball player's uniform. It's the brain's natural shepherd, herding vast amounts of information into manageable chunks."
Author: Jacqueline Leo

12. "The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long."
Author: James Lee Burke

13. "Who elected Larry King America's grief counselor? We, the viewing public, did, by driving up his ratings whenever somebody famous passes."
Author: James Wolcott

14. "Face it, I didn't become famous until I took my clothes off."
Author: Jude Law

15. "Names.What's in a name, really? I mean, besides a bunch ofletters or sounds strung together to make a word. Does arose by any other name really smell as sweet? Would themost famous love story in the world be as poignant if it wascalled Romeo and Gertrude? Why is what we callourselves so important?"
Author: Julie Kagawa

16. "Being a famous actress may give you a sense of being important, but believe me, it's just an illusion."
Author: Juliette Binoche

17. "Uncle Brett had a definite vision that he was after, I don't think having a famous father affected him much."
Author: Kim Weston

18. "The Bronx is famous for two things. Hip-hop, and 26 world championships."
Author: Kurtis Blow

19. "I also remember being struck by de Sade's will, in which he asked that his ashes be scattered to the four corners of the earth in the hope that humankind would forget both his writings and his name. I'd like to be able to make that demand; commemorative ceremonies are not only false but dangerous, as are all statues of famous men. Long live forgetfulness, I've always said—the only dignity I see is in oblivion."
Author: Luis Buñuel

20. "I try to become more humble and more myself with every year. There was a while when I got famous where I was so confused and my head was spinning."
Author: Mira Sorvino

21. "The party at the bar was for an Internet literary journal that prints a hard copy version that was famous in the world of Internet literary journals that prints hard copy versions. What that means, I do not know."
Author: Noah Cicero

22. "I can't see any value in being a celebrity, famous for being famous."
Author: Noomi Rapace

23. "I'm not rich as Bill Gates neither I'm famous as Tom Cruise, But trust me I am happier than all of them."
Author: Rishabh Surya

24. "Ibiza is a popular vacation place for a lot of the players in Spain. If you go in the summer, there are some of the world's most famous movie and music stars, so nobody cares about soccer players."
Author: Xavi

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