The famous convention of 1787 met in Philadelphia to define the additional powers needed to enable Congress to do its job effectively. Instead, the convention proposed a brand new national government. Edmund Morgan additionalbrandcongress Change image and share on social
Before I was famous, when I was just working in Gilbert's Lodge, everything was moving in slow motion. Eminem famousgilbertlodge Change image and share on social
I certainly don't want a child of mine to be famous, or anyone I was very close to who isn't yet... It's the worst thing to be trapped in your house not be able to leave. Elizabeth Hurley badchildclose Change image and share on social
The advantage of taking pictures of the famous is that they get published. Elliott Erwitt advantagefamouspicture Change image and share on social
Fame is a fickle food upon a shifting plate. Emily Dickinson fameficklefood Change image and share on social
When I was 24, I was full of life. I was that ham who wanted to be famous, a movie star, all that stuff. I think it's cool. But it was not what I was searching for, really. It was more a delusion. Jean-Claude Van Damme cooldelusionfamous Change image and share on social
I wanted to be famous for my music and my talent, and I always wished I could cut it out when I left the stage. Beyonce Knowles cutfamousleave Change image and share on social
Despite the metadata attached to each tweet, and despite trails of retweets and 'favorite' tweets, the Twitter corpus lacks the latticework of hyperlinks that makes Google's algorithms so potent. Twitter's famous hashtags - #sandyhook or #fiscalcliff or #girls - are the crudest sort of signposts, not much help for smart searching. James Gleick algorithmattachcorpus share on social
I have a theory that if you're famous more years than you're not famous, then you get a little nutty. Dana Carvey famousnuttytheory Change image and share on social
I wanted to be famous. I wanted people to talk about me. Haile Gebrselassie famouspeopletalk Change image and share on social