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It was a lot more fun to get famous than to be famous.

I mean, that's at least in part why I ingested chemical waste - it was a kind of desire to abbreviat...

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Oh! This'll impress you - I'm actually in the Abnormal Psychology textbook. Obviously my family is s...

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On the day Princess Diana died, a group of students had gathered before a lecture, talking about wha...

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The moral nihilism of celebrity culture is played out on reality television shows, most of which enc...

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Chris HedgesEmpire of Illusion: The End of Literacy and the Triumph of Spectacle

There is a huge trapdoor waiting to open under anyone who is critical of so-called 'popular culture'...

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Stuck in my own trap of writing about a nonsubject, I think I can defend my own self-respect, and al...

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There is no such thing as notoriety in the United States these days, let alone infamy. Celebrity is ...

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Christopher HitchensFor the Sake of Argument: Essays and Minority Reports

There's a big luscious peach of a dream in L.A. The peach has been repeatedly exposed as overripe an...

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Cintra WilsonA Massive Swelling: Celebrity Reexamined as Grotesque Crippling Disease and Other Cultural Revelations

A sign of celebrity is that his name is often worth more than his services.

Most people don’t understand performers are really sheltered and protected so much sometimes that th...

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Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

I could have been more famous if I did all the glitzy things, but celebrity always seemed so unneces...

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A kind of banalization of celebrity has occurred: we are now offered an instant, ready-to-mix fame a...

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J. G. BallardThe Atrocity Exhibition

But Dumbledore says he doesn't care what they do as long as they don't take him off the Chocolate Fr...

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J. K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

If anyone can figure out how to balance my celebrity and my dual careers in music and film, it's me....

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One man came up to me at a taco stand and said, "I have no idea who you are, but I can see everyone ...

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Jewel (singer)Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story

Being idolized and being torn down felt oddly similar. They both made me feel alone.Friendship and t...

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Jewel (singer)Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story

Any actress who appears in public without being well-groomed is digging her own grave.

What I've learned is that you really don't need to be a celebrity or have money or have the paparazz...

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

Writers are much better behaved nowadays, for a couple of reasons. Once upon a time nobody was think...

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When you become a celebrity, the world owns you and your image.

Celebrity is the advantage of being known to people who we don't know, and who don't know us.

In the United States, I am a great success, but I am not a celebrity.

When everything gets answered, it's fake.

Thankfully, perseverance is a great substitute for talent.

Author says he suffered from both "a craving to be famous" and "a horror of being known to like bein...

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Celebrity damages private life.

If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefe...

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In an earlier age, it might have been possible to believe that goodness would prevail over pride, bu...

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The whole celebrity culture thing - I'm fascinated by, and repelled by, and yet I end up knowing abo...

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