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io9 was the last standalone site that Gawker Media ever launched. It was born at a time when many of the company's other famous sites, from Consumerist and Wonkette to Fleshbot and Idolator, were being sold off or shuttered.
Annalee Newitz
Time
Other
Sold
Born
Were
Off
Site
Sites
Being
Famous
Many
Company
Media
Ever
Last
I suppose it's whether you want to be a famous person, or whether you want to be an actor. You have to decide what your priorities are. Great actor, huge star. Sometimes, the two walk hand in hand. Most of the time, they don't.
Anne-Marie Duff
Time
Great
You
Sometimes
Walk
Suppose
Most
Priorities
Hand
Hand-In-Hand
Huge
Huge Star
Person
Famous
Want
Famous Person
Decide
Whether
Your
Star
Actor
Two
Great Actor
There are some famous people, and I've met them, who you might think are great, and then you meet them, and you discover that they not only have feet but heads of clay.
Anne Beatts
Great
You
People
Met
Think
Meet
Some
Only
Clay
Feet
Heads
Discover
Famous
Famous People
Them
Might
Then
Who
It's hard to make a living in this business. Unions aren't as strong as they used to be. For a journeyman actor - someone who doesn't have a famous name but has consistent work in theater or film or TV - it has become harder to get through, harder to raise a family.
Annette Bening
Work
Family
Business
Strong
Become
Unions
Living
Consistent
TV
Someone
Through
Journeyman
Name
Make
Get
Famous
Theater
Used
Hard
Who
Film
Actor
Harder
Raise
You do now have one in three people, as shown by the famous Carlton Monarchy debate poll, saying they want to get rid of the Monarchy. That was unthinkable even three, four years ago.
Anthony Holden
Saying
You
People
Debate
Three
Unthinkable
Years
Years Ago
Get
Famous
Poll
Want
Rid
Shown
Even
Monarchy
Now
Four
I have no interest in Shakespeare and all that British nonsense... I just wanted to get famous and all the rest is hogwash.
Anthony Hopkins
Rest
No Interest
Shakespeare
Nonsense
Get
Just
Famous
Wanted
Hogwash
Interest
British
I'm not famous; I am simply very well-known to certain people. Famous is something different.
Anton Corbijn
People
Something
Simply
Am
Very
Famous
Different
Certain
'Strictly' is a bit like scoring the winning goal in the FA Cup Final or sinking the final putt in the Ryder Cup - only a few people get the opportunity to do it, and they have got to be famous.
Anton du Beke
People
Opportunity
Sinking
Few
Final
Strictly
Bit
Only
Winning
Putt
Like
Got
Goal
Scoring
Cup
Get
Few People
Famous
Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.
Anton du Beke
Wonderful
Nation
Too
Strictly
Dancing
Having
Part
Perform
Since
Come
Like
Know
Well
Been
Famous
Show
Series
Ever
I actually don't feel famous.
Anwar Robinson
Feel
Famous
Actually
I don't ever want to be hugely famous because I had a little taste of it after 'East Is East' and 'Bend It.'
Archie Panjabi
Bend
East
Had
Because
Hugely
Taste
Famous
Want
After
Little
Ever
My mentor was Clara Ward of the famous Ward gospel singers of Philadelphia. And my dad was my coach. He coached me. And just my natural love for music is what drove me.
Aretha Franklin
Love
Music
Me
Natural
Mentor
He
Drove
Singers
Gospel
Just
Famous
Ward
Coach
Coached
Dad
Philadelphia
The Bush administration opened several lines of attack against the rule of law and the integrity of an independent Justice Department. The scandals are so famous that they've been reduced to shorthand: Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, NSA, Attorneygate.
Ari Melber
Justice
Integrity
Law
Rule
Rule Of Law
Several
Ghraib
Independent
Scandals
Administration
Attack
Abu
Opened
Reduced
Been
Lines
Department
Famous
Justice Department
Against
Bush
Bush Administration
Shorthand
Guantanamo
There is a famous saying: 'It's hard to be a Jew.' It's also hard to be a Palestinian. I know that.
Ariel Sharon
Saying
Know
Also
Famous
Hard
Palestinian
Jew
It is more interesting to be compared to someone famous, because it lets you gauge what perceptions people have about your appearance.
Arthur Smith
You
People
Gauge
About
Someone
Perceptions
More
Because
Famous
Interesting
Your
Appearance
Compared
Lets
I grew up saying, 'I want to be famous,' but that was just the words that you used. As I got older, I understood that what I really meant was, 'I want to be successful.'
Ashleigh Murray
Saying
You
Words
Older
Got
Understood
Up
Just
Famous
Want
Grew
Really
Successful
Meant
Used
I don't see myself as famous at all so I'm continuing my life as normal.
Ashley Madekwe
Life
Myself
My Life
See
Continuing
Normal
Famous
I think I am very proud of being associated with quality things. So if I were massively famous for doing massively beloved things, yeah, that sounds great.
B. J. Novak
Great
Quality
Think
Massively
Proud
Am
Yeah
Doing
Sounds
Were
Very
Being
Famous
Things
Beloved
Associated
Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?
Barbra Streisand
Others
Wrong
Am
Doing
Famous
Why
Right
Conservatives are often fond of La Rochefoucauld's famous aphorism that 'Hypocrisy is a tribute that vice pays to virtue,' and so tend to downplay hypocrisy as a sin. But in the marketplace of ideas they champion, hypocrisy may yet turn out to be the deadliest - or costliest - of sins.
Bari Weiss
Champion
Hypocrisy
Conservatives
Virtue
Marketplace
Out
Tribute
Fond
Tend
Sin
Ideas
Deadliest
La
Sins
May
Often
Famous
Vice
Turn
Aphorism
Pays
Downplay
I've worked with a lot of people who are more famous than myself who are terribly insecure.
Barry Gibb
Myself
People
Insecure
More
Terribly
Lot
Than
Famous
Worked
Who
The thing is: in order to reach an agreement, to reach that balance, sometimes it is sort of like that old Rhinestone Cowboy lyric, 'There'll be a load of compromisin' on the road to my horizon.' For those of you who were too young, or don't recall the song, made famous by country singer Glen Campbell, it is your loss.
Bart Chilton
You
Balance
Song
Sometimes
Old
Made
Country
Young
Too
Lyric
Those
Horizon
Road
Country Singer
Like
Reach
Singer
Sort
Were
Loss
Cowboy
Campbell
Famous
Order
Your
Who
Agreement
Recall
Thing
Load
I've been star-struck once. I'm a strong believer that everyone's just a person. Whether you've seen someone on screen do something amazing or they're super famous or whatever, everyone's just a person, and they do exactly what all people do.
Bel Powley
You
People
Strong
Amazing
Seen
Whatever
Everyone
On-Screen
Once
All People
Exactly
Exactly What
Super
Someone
Something
Been
Person
Just
Screen
Famous
Whether
Believer
Being famous for fame's sake wasn't the goal when I co-founded the Go-Go's. I just wanted to sing and have a laugh.
Belinda Carlisle
Laugh
Sing
Sake
Go-Go
Goal
Fame
Just
Being
Famous
Wanted
Being Famous
It was a mixed blessing to have famous parents. It was tough to go to auditions and be bad, since I couldn't be anonymous.
Ben Stiller
Blessing
Parents
Tough
Bad
Since
Anonymous
Auditions
Go
Mixed
Famous
Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.
Berenice Bejo
Hope
Me
World
Other
Silent
Silent Movie
Silent Movies
Most
Any
Going
Famous
Want
Movie
Movies
Keep
Now
Actress
Right
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