#fame

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. ↗

— Robert Benchley

#writing #talent

Not everybody can be famous but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service. ↗

— Martin Luther King Jr.

#greatness #determination

The most stable, and therefore, the most healthy self-esteem is based on deserved respect from others rather than on external fame or celebrity and unwarranted adulation. ↗

— Abraham Harold Maslow

#self-esteem #respect

I've always been famous, it's just no one knew it yet. ↗

— Lady Gaga

#fame #lady-gaga #fame

Goodfellow?” Glitch stared at Puck nervously. “Robin Goodfellow?” “Oh, look at that, he’s heard of me. My fame grows.” Puck snorted and leaped off the roof. In midair, he became a giant black raven, who swooped toward us with a raucous cry before dropping into the circle as Puck in an explosion of feathers. “Ta-daaaaaaaaaa. ↗

— Julie Kagawa

#fame

Tut, tut — fame clearly isn't everything. ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#fame

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue! ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#keladry-of-mindelan #nealan #squire #fame

Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less. Unbound by name and fame, he is free from sorrow from the world and mostly from himself. ↗

— Rumi

#fame

I'm an instant star, just add water. ↗

— David Bowie

#fame

In a country that doesn't discriminate between fame and infamy, the latter presents itself as plainly more achievable. ↗

— Lionel Shriver

#infamy #right-and-wrong #fame