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I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. -

I do not take any pleasure whatsoever in being a famous person. – Donna Leon

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I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. – Donna Leon

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I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years. – Donna Leon

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Italians know about human nature – they understand human nature perhaps better than anyone else does. They know that people are weak and greedy and lazy and dishonest and they just try to make the best of it to work around it. – Donna Leon

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Jason Lee is the most famous actor from Hawaii I can think of. – Tia Carrere

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I wasnt a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star – I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie. – Jason Lee

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I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free. – Martin Yan

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Few would argue that Richard Dawkins is the worlds most famous atheist, especially now that his friend and rival for the title, Christopher Hitchens, has now gone to meet his Maker. – Ray Comfort

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