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Famous, adj. Conspicuously miserable.

—Ambrose Bierce, 1906

Those who know the joys and miseries of celebrities when they have passed the age of forty know how to defend themselves.

—Sarah Bernhardt, 1904

I am sick and tired of publicity. I want no more of it. It puts me in a bad light. I just want to be forgotten.

—Al Capone, 1929

What a heavy burden is a name that has become too famous.

—Voltaire, 1723

Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.

—Julie Burchill, 1986

A woman’s greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

—Pericles, c. 450 BC
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