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They are trying to make me into a fixed star. I am an irregular planet.

—Martin Luther, c. 1530

There lurks in every human heart a desire of distinction which inclines every man first to hope and then to believe that nature has given him something peculiar to himself. 

—Samuel Johnson, 1763

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

—Madonna, c. 1985

Possessions, outward success, publicity, luxury—to me these have always been contemptible. I believe that a simple and unassuming manner of life is best for everyone, best both for the body and the mind.

—Albert Einstein, 1931

Fame is but the empty noise of madmen.

—Epictetus, c. 100

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

—Voltaire, 1723
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