"The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession."

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Source : "This much I know: Dionne Warwick" with Megan Conner, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2012.

Dionne Warwick

#People Quotes #Problem Quotes #Obsession Quotes

“If you get far enough away you'll be on your way back home.”

Source : Song: Blind Love, Album: Rain Dogs
“From no source has the author drawn more conspicuously than from the sacred Scriptures. From all these extracts from the Bible I make no apology.”
“Most of us understand that innovation is enormously important. It's the only insurance against irrelevance. It's the only guarantee of long-term customer loyalty. It's the only strategy for out-performing a dismal economy.”
“Angling is extremely time consuming. That's sort of the whole point.”

Source : Thomas McGuane (2014). “The Longest Silence: A Life in Fishing”, p.13, Vintage
“I don't listen to music throughout the day very often. I don't own a record player. I don't really have a stereo system. Most of the music I listen to these days is on the web or on MySpace pages, stuff like that.”
“I'd like to explain why you fine young men had to be blown apart to defend this mud hole.”
“I am just like you and everyone else. I am trying to live my life as best I can.”
“Twenty aspirin, a little slit alongside the veins of the arm, maybe even a bad half hour standing on a roof: We've all had those. And somewhat more dangerous things, like putting a gun in your mouth. But you put it there, you taste it, it's cold and greasy, your finger is on the trigger, and you find that a whole world lies between this moment and the moment you've been planning, when you'll pull the trigger. That world defeats you. You put the gun back in the drawer. You'll have to find another way.”

Source : Susanna Kaysen (2013). “Girl, Interrupted”, p.17, Vintage

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