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Famous Quotes

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"There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox."

Jane Smiley on Famous

More quotes about Famous

  • "Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

    Andy Warhol on Famous

  • "I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous."

    Walt Disney on Famous

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

    Voltaire on Famous

  • "We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something we are no longer free."

    Jiddu Krishnamurti on Famous

  • "Famous, adj.: Conspicuously miserable."

    Ambrose Bierce on Famous

More quotes by Jane Smiley

  • "I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse."

  • "I discovered that the horse is life itself, a metaphor but also an example of life's mystery and unpredictability, of life's generosity and beauty, a worthy object of repeated and ever changing contemplation."

  • "There are hundreds of Frank Lloyd Wright buildings around the United States and in other countries, too. Wright lived into his 90s, and one of his most famous buildings, the Guggenheim Museum in New York, was completed just before his death. Wright buildings look like Wright buildings - that is their paradox."

  • "Vets do what doctors used to - diagnose the injury or the condition, patch it up as best they can and remind you that these things happen and that in life we are also in the midst of death."

  • "Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not."



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