Quotes About Recognition

Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.

If we can manage to break free, to open the system and embrace all choices for education, we will be the first to give politicians awards to hang on their office walls.

I have not hung a single award on my walls, including the Padma Shri.

Most people think I do street art, so I do everything for nothing. I'm an urchin who paints walls and does work for nothing. That's the first misconception about street artists, that we just paint for nothing.

A number of major companies - from PepsiCo to Walmart to U.P.S. - have recognized that corporations have a responsibility to address the causes of climate change before it is too late. We do not have to wait for an international treaty or new regulations to act.

I can walk into Walmart in California and not really get mentioned for being a football player.

I got tired of walking through Durham with people screaming 'Carolina' at me when I walk through Walmart and stuff like that.

Much as I'm loving the 'Strictly' experience, I'm sure I'll always be better known for my business career and my appearances on 'Dragons' Den' than I will for my cha-cha-cha or Viennese waltz.

If you are seeking fame without the requisite talent, you might wander.

I always wander round thinking I'm anonymous. Maybe in my psyche I would like to be. But then you suddenly realise you're not.

If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.

I'm over being a pop star. I don't wanna be a hot girl. I wanna be iconic. And I feel like I've accomplished a lot. I feel like I'm highly respected, which is more important than any award or any amount of records. And I feel like there comes a point when being a pop star is not enough.

I wanna hear myself everywhere.

Eminem heard my music, and he didn't wanna take a meeting with me.

I wouldn't wanna go out not looking like the Dolly people have come to know, because I've come to know her that way, too.

Celebrity is a word that I find offensive. That's the c-word. I hate it. It means no discernible talent. It means all you want is to be famous. It doesn't mean you're a writer, an actor, a mime. I think I wanna not be a celebrity.

It's just weird because I can't believe that all those people wanna come see me. Like, there's so many. So, it's just crazy to think about, but it's also really awesome.

I wanna do a song with Adele! Nobody gets Adele as a feature, so maybe I can. I hope she knows who I am!

I don't just wanna be James Franco's little brother.

If you will forever remember me as the girl from 'America's Got Talent,' that's cool, 'cause I am. If you wanna look into me and what I've done recently, that's cool, too.

I guess ultimately a lot of comedians just wanna be taken seriously.

I was never really like, 'Oh, I wanna be famous,' you know, 'I wanna be a big rapper.' I mean, I love rap, but it wasn't just fame.

I wanna be the biggest pop group on the planet.

I think I was 10 when I did my first community play, and then I started booking bigger roles in these plays, and people were telling me and my parents that I was talented. And I was like, 'Well, this is something I wanna do.'