Word Origin Comics: Keep an Eye on Your Fame, It Won't Be Around For Very Long

Word Origin Comics: Keep an Eye on Your Fame, It Won't Be Around For Very Long
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Celebrity: Now you see it, now you don't.

"One man came up to me at a taco stand and said, "I have no idea who you are, but I can see everyone is staring at you, so you must be somebody. I just wanted to tell you that you are not that special. You're no more special than me." I looked at him with a mouth full of food and managed to say, "Thanks. I agree," and promptly asked the waitress for a to go box."

― Jewel, Never Broken: Songs Are Only Half the Story

"Don't try to make yourself marketable, you'll be surprised to see yourself at the bottom. Stay incognito, and people will peruse the whole world looking for you, by that time, you'll be at the top."

― Michael Bassey Johnson

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