Quote by Elizabeth Gilbert
I know Im not a self-indulgent idiot I also know Im not the second

I know Im not a self-indulgent idiot I also know Im not the second coming of Deepak Chopra. If I had believed either of those, or both, as some people do when they get famous, thats when the mental illness arrives. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Listen – of course money changes everything, but so does sunlight, and so does food: These are powerful but neutral energy sources, neither inherently good nor evil but shaped only by the way we use them. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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When somebody has an enormous success in this culture, people start asking two questions, which are What are you doing now? and How are you going to beat that? And I have to say, I love the assumption that your intention is to beat yourself constantly – that youre in battle against yourself. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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I love my friends and family, but I also love it when they cant find me and I can spend all day reading or walking all alone, in silence, eight thousand miles away from everyone. All alone and unreachable in a foreign country is one my most favorite possible things to be. – Elizabeth Gilbert

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Andy Warhol made fame more famous. – Fran Lebowitz

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Decide very early on: do you want to be an actor or do you want to be famous? Because theyre very different routes. – James Purefoy

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Its really easy to avoid the tabloids. You just live your life and dont hang out with famous people who are in the tabloids. Dont do anything controversial and be a normal person. Have friends. And get a job and keep working. – Amanda Seyfried

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I totally related to Cole Porters magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldnt drag them away from a piano. – Kevin Kline

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There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating. – Frederick Delius

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When a woman puts on a heel, she has a different posture, a different attitude. She really stands up and has a consciousness of her body. – Christian Louboutin

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I heard so many stories from Gaomis peasants that I had an irrepressible urge to write them down. Today, Gaomis peasants know that they have become famous around the world through my writings, but I think they are a little puzzled by this. – Mo Yan

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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou

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