Appetite for fame

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Fame is a food that dead men eat,-
I have no stomach for such meat.

Henry Austin Dobson

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Topic

Appetite for fame Fame

Author

Henry Austin Dobson

Source

Fame is a Food

Medium

Poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1906 1900s 20th century

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Citation

Dobson, Henry Austin. "Fame is a Food That Dead Men Eat." The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Nov. 1906 - Apr. 1907.

You will be in the public eye. Beware of them cameras. Oh, them cameras are bad as any narcotic.

Elijah Muhammad

Malcolm X

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Topic

Appetite for fame Fame

Speaker

Elijah Muhammad

Actor

Al Freeman Jr.

Source

Malcolm X

Medium

Film

Genre

Biography (film) Drama (film) Biography Drama

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1992 1990s 20th century

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Citation

Malcolm X. Directed by Spike Lee, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, 1992.

The utmost renown never slakes a man's appetite and, unless he is a fool, he almost always dies uncertain of his own fame.

Gustave Flaubert

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Topic

Appetite for fame Self-doubt Fame Human nature

Author

Gustave Flaubert

Source

Letters of Gustave Flaubert

Medium

Letter

Language

French

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Letter to Maxime Du Camp. 26 June 1852.

Current Citation

Flaubert, Gustave. Letters of Gustave Flaubert, edited by Richard Rumbold, translated by J. M. Cohen. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1950.