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Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

—Erma Bombeck

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Fame is vapor, popularity an accident; riches take wings. Only one thing endures, and that is character.

—Horace Greeley

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Fame will go by and, so long; I've had you, fame. I've always known it was fickle. So at least it's something I experienced, but that's not where I live.

—Marilyn Monroe

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Just because we aren't crying on the outside doesn't mean we aren't completely wrecked on the inside.

—Rachel Van Dyken

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It's weird. I never knew how much I had to hate about myself until I had the time to think about it.

—Jason Myers in Exit Here

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There are only so many times you can handle heartbreak with someone before you have to start protecting yourself.

—Molly McAdams in From Ashes

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Big deal. So you fell in love with someone. Don't you see what happened? This guy touched a place in your heart deeper than you thought you were capable of reaching, I mean, you got zapped. But that love you felt, that's just the beginning. You just got a taste of love. That's just limited little rinky-dink mortal love. Wait till you see how much more deeply you can love than that.

—Elizabeth Gilbert in Love

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You can change the place you live, your clothes, your interests, your friends, your religion and even your partner. However, if you forgot to change your mind, attitude, beliefs about the world, how you treat people and how you plan to be different this time around, why did you even bother?

—Shannon L. Alder

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Is that what you wanted? That I be gone for good, rather than just mad for a little while?

—Sarah Dessen in Just Listen

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Everyone is tied down in some way. Work, family, medical problems. It's what you make of it. That's why it's so important to surround yourself with the things that make you happy. If you have a bad day at work but get to come home to a woman you love or your favorite hobby, the rest doesn't matter as much.

—Nichole Chase in Suddenly Royal

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I don't care why you came into my life, only that you did. I don't remember all the things I did wrong, I remember what I did right. I remember you. You made my life meaningful. You made my life special.

—Becca Fitzpatrick in Crescendo

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Nostalgia has a way of blocking the reality of the past.

—Shannon L. Alder

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I only know two pieces; one is 'Clair de Lune' and the other one isn't.

—Victor Borge

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I have the worst memory ever so no matter who comes up to me - they're just, like, 'I can't believe you don't remember me!" I'm like, 'Oh Dad I'm sorry!

—Ellen DeGeneres

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Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.

—John Kenneth Galbraith

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