It was great. No one else had one but me." Gerald Blanchard on what it was like to possess the Koechert Diamond Pearl
... understanding, and action proceeding from understanding and guided by it, is the one weapon against the world's bombardment, the one medicine, the one instrument by which liberty, health, and joy may be shaped or shaped towards, in the individual...
I get what you're saying, but my hanging with the ladies is mostly for publicity when I'm on tour. I don't sleep with that many girls. Well, not all of them. Okay, I'm trying to behave myself. It's not easy being famous!
A bright man of conviction and action is a beacon to his country, but a flash light to the scurrying of inaction, ego, and insecurity of lesser men.
I wanted to be successful, not famous.
I never wanted to be famous.
I want to be famous everywhere.
I'm famous for being a silky midfielder.
They were all famous and fantastic fellows.
If you're famous, you're not free.
I don't do ski racing to be famous.
The most famous Obama precept is, 'No drama.'
To be famous and broke is hard.
The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published.
You don't become a chef to become famous.
But I don't feel the need to be famous.
Sweden is famous for many things - but not fashion.
As for fame, fame felt like nothing. Fame was not a sensation like love or hunger or loneliness, welling from within and invisible to the outside eye. It was rather entirely external, coming from the minds of others. It existed in the way people look...
Yes, there are plenty of heroes and heroines everywhere you look. They are not famous people. They are generally obscure and modest people doing useful work, keeping their families together and taking an active part in the health of their communities...
[first lines] Turkish: [narrating] My name is Turkish. Funny name for an Englishman, I know. My parents to be were on the same plane when it crashed. That's how they met. They named me after the name of the plane. Not many people are named after a pl...
The routines of almost all famous writers, from Charles Darwin to John Grisham, similarly emphasise specific starting times, or number of hours worked, or words written. Such rituals provide a structure to work in, whether or not the feeling of motiv...
