#fame

At first it was exhilarating but when I realized it wasn't going away, it became scary and claustrophobic. Fame is a weird thing. ↗

— Sharon Stone

#became #claustrophobic #exhilarating #fame #first

The honor I feel today being inducted into the Hall of Fame is beyond what words can describe. My thanks to the Hall of Fame committee, who saw fit to bestow this great honor upon me today. ↗

— Hank Stram

#bestow #beyond #committee #describe #fame

No true and permanent fame can be founded except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind. ↗

— Charles Sumner

#fame #founded #happiness #labors #mankind

Personally, fame never really played any part in our family life. ↗

— Oliver Hudson

#fame #family #family life #life #never

A breeze ruffled the neat hedges of Privet Drive, which lay silent and tidy under the inky sky, the very last place you would expect astonishing things to happen. Harry Potter rolled over inside his blankets without waking up. One small hand closed on the letter beside him and he slept on, not knowing he was special, not knowing he was famous, not knowing he would be woken in a few hours' time by Mrs. Dursley's scream as she opened the front door to put out the milk bottles, nor that he would spend the next few weeks being prodded and pinched by his cousin Dudley...He couldn't know that at this very moment, people meeting in secret all over the country were holding up their glasses and saying in hushed voices: "To Harry Potter - the boy who lived! ↗

— J.K. Rowling

#fame #fate #harry-potter #innocence #secret

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life. ↗

— Julia Roberts

#every #fame #i #life #moment

I started to hate fame, I didn't want to go out, because I didn't want to be recognised for what I was being recognised for. ↗

— Charlie Simpson

#being #fame #go #hate #i

I have never been accepted. I'll never make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. They're never going to let me in. ↗

— Nancy Sinatra

#been #fame #going #hall #i

If cash comes with fame, come fame; if cash comes without fame, come cash. ↗