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The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstrac

The love of the famous, like all strong passions, is quite abstract. Its intensity can be measured mathematically, and it is independent of persons. – Susan Sontag

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For those who live neither with religious consolations about death nor with a sense of death (or of anything else) as natural, death is the obscene mystery, the ultimate affront, the thing that cannot be controlled. It can only be denied. – Susan Sontag

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Death
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AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them. – Susan Sontag

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AIDS
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Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability. – Arthur Schopenhauer

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famous

We played in Texas about a year ago, at Emos, the famous country and western club in Austin. And I figured, well, if Im finally gonna die onstage, thats where its going to be! – Alan Vega

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famous

If somebody for some reason, for music or for movie, becomes famous, its because they have something, something special. – Roberto Cavalli

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famous

Going to New York to do whatever – show business – it just seemed fun. It seemed fun to go to the big city and meet all kinds of different people and maybe be famous. It was just exciting. So I wasnt scared. – January Jones

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famous

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I loved my 17 years with R.E.M., but Im ready to reflect, assess and move on to a different phase of my life. The four of us will continue our close friendship, and I look forward to hearing their future efforts as the worlds biggest R.E.M. fan. – Bill Berry

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Isnt that the ultimate homeland security, standing up and defending marriage? – Rick Santorum

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Every man has his dignity. Im willing to forget mine, but at my own discretion and not when someone else tells me to. – Denis Diderot

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