The name Muhammad is the most common name in the world. In all the countries around the world - Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon - there are more Muhammads than anything else. When I joined the Nation of Islam and became a Muslim, they gave me the most famous name because I was the champ.
Copy Quote View & ShareEverybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it'll pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.
Copy Quote View & ShareDon't worry about being famous or making money; the most important thing is being the best. You have to become a master of your craft, and everything else will come.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be.
Copy Quote View & ShareJohn Muir, the famous naturalist, wrote in his journal that you should never go to Alaska as a young man because you'll never be satisfied with any other place as long as you live. And there's a lot of truth to that.
Copy Quote View & ShareNo matter what you achieve, what you want to aspire to be, or how famous and powerful you become, the most important thing is whether you are excited about each and every moment of your life because of your work and people around you.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou might not make it to the top, but if you are doing what you love, there is much more happiness there than being rich or famous.
Copy Quote View & ShareAt last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language.
Copy Quote View & ShareIt was that famous joke: What's the last thing the drummer said before he got kicked out of the band? 'Hey, I wrote a song.'
Copy Quote View & ShareA chair is a very difficult object. A skyscraper is almost easier. That is why Chippendale is famous.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhat made Louis Vuitton famous was the quality. We don't do marketing; we just create products which are exceptional in their design and craftsmanship.
Copy Quote View & ShareIf you are a leader, you should never forget that everyone needs encouragement. And everyone who receives it - young or old, successful or less-than-successful, unknown or famous - is changed by it.
Copy Quote View & ShareYou can become famous but you can't become unfamous. You can become infamous but not unfamous.
Copy Quote View & ShareI just wanted to be famous. That's why I did reality shows, and that's why YouTube was so perfect.
Copy Quote View & ShareSince I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I had a romantic feeling about how these people became famous.
Copy Quote View & ShareI don't like a girl on social media, when you have an open inbox, answering questions from dudes left and right every day. What's the point? It's like having your number all out. Everybody think they're famous when they get 100,000 followers on Instagram and 5,000 on Twitter.
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