Quote by Ray Charles
I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. - Ray Char

I never wanted to be famous. I only wanted to be great. – Ray Charles

Other quotes by Ray Charles

Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. – Ray Charles

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Music
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I did it to myself. It wasnt society… it wasnt a pusher, it wasnt being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. – Ray Charles

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Society
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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. – Ray Charles

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Learning
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Other Quotes from
famous
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I think success right now is not about how famous you are or how much youre getting paid, but its more about if youre steadily working and youre happy with what youre doing. – Sarah Hyland

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Nobody makes bouillabaisse from scratch. Its all a bunch of malarkey. Even the restaurants buy a commercial-grade product. I had a very famous chef tell me that. – Sandra Lee

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famous

Our top story tonight: Famous TV dolphin flipper was arrested today on prostitution ring charges. He allegedly was seen transporting two 16 year olds across state line for immoral porpoises. – Colin Mochrie

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famous

Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes. – Andy Warhol

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Ambition can creep as well as soar. – Edmund Burke

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My free time at home is usually spent emailing, listening to music, reading and talking on the phone. I wish I was on the phone less, but I have been fortunate to stay in touch with so many incredible friends. – Steve Nash

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A baby is a blank cheque made payable to the human race. – Barbara Christine Seifert

There is nothing heavier than compassion. Not even ones own pain weighs so heavy as the pain one feels for someone, for someone, pain intensified by the imagination and prolonged by a hundred echos. – Milan Kundera

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