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I won’t be happy till I’m as famous as God.

—Madonna, c. 1985

Fame is but the empty noise of madmen.

—Epictetus, c. 100

When I do a show, the whole show revolves around me, and if I don’t show up, they can just forget it.

—Ethel Merman, c. 1955

How sweet it is to have people point and say, “There he is.”

—Persius, c. 60

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

—Petrarch, 1337

I’m afraid of losing my obscurity. Genuineness only thrives in the dark. Like celery.

—Aldous Huxley, 1925
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