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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

He who treats another human being as divine thereby assigns to himself the relative status of a child or an animal.

—E. R. Dodds, 1951

Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.

—Sammy Davis Jr., 1965

Reality is always the foe of famous names.

—Petrarch, 1337

If fame is only to come after death, I am in no hurry for it.

—Martial, c. 86

I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one.

—Cato the Elder, c. 184 BC
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