People seldom become famous for what they say until after they are famous for what they've done. From LearnThat.org. [Cullen Hightower.]
A famous actor. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Life in the big city among the famous is apparently the same regardless of the big city in question. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico City's miracle mile (or two)] Reference
When someone asks me if I want my novels to make me rich and famous, I usually remark that "famous" is entirely optional. From Wordnik.com. [July 2006] Reference
In his show Tuesday, he cut padded fabrics into bulging jackets, recalling the cocoon shape that made the label famous decades ago. From Wordnik.com. [What's Old Is Nouveau Again] Reference
I called the famous ATO AUTOBOT woman just then and. From Wordnik.com. [ARN Daily] Reference
Platten, a name famous in the history of Swedish enterprise. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Thor] Reference
But this is very definitely as we call the famous final scene. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 10, 2008] Reference
Jimmy Buffett made the phrase famous, "It's 5 o'clock somewhere.". From Wordnik.com. [Central Florida News 13 - Latest Headlines] Reference
William H. Webb, a pioneer shipbuilder, with a name famous wherever. From Wordnik.com. [Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O] Reference
You have made your name famous in the army, where brave men are common. From Wordnik.com. [With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War] Reference
That ` s why she called another famous person and said, hey, what should I do?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 24, 2008] Reference
Some are Greek, some are Latin, but not a name famous in the world meets my eye. From Wordnik.com. [Aurelian or, Rome in the Third Century] Reference
There is hardly a name famous in the Soudan which you will not find, if you like. From Wordnik.com. [A Desert Drama Being The Tragedy Of The "Korosko"] Reference
Rev. George Whitefield, whose wonderful eloquence has made his name famous, and Hon. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Of Georgia] Reference
Matthias Corvinus, King of Hungary (d. 1490), is a name famous among old bibliophiles. From Wordnik.com. [The Wanderings and Homes of Manuscripts Helps for Students of History, No. 17.] Reference
And then I go do a set at the word famous, iconic theater in Harlem, the Apollo Theater. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2009] Reference
They had it, and Howe won a victory which makes his name famous in the annals of the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Washington and His Comrades in Arms; a chronicle of the War of Independence] Reference
This was the occasion of his giving us the book which made his name famous all over Europe. From Wordnik.com. [Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History] Reference
Boston jurist whose brilliant career had made his name famous throughout the United States. From Wordnik.com. [That Mainwaring Affair] Reference
Thenceforward he devoted himself to oratorio, in which he made his name famous for all time. From Wordnik.com. [The Standard Oratorios Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers] Reference
And she has made her name famous to escape the reproach of birth which others fastened upon her. From Wordnik.com. [Innocent : her fancy and his fact] Reference
You will be perfectly safe in that house till you leave it to make your name famous on the Campo. From Wordnik.com. [Nostromo, a Tale of the Seaboard] Reference
This is a very common name, but he was the one John Smith who has made the name famous in history. From Wordnik.com. [Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality] Reference
She calls another famous person and then the security guards - you couldn ` t put this in a movie. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2008] Reference
Louis kept him engaged in conversation, until he saw D'Artagnau, a name famous in storybooks, and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864] Reference
"I think it will become known as a famous transition for the friendliness of it," said Douglas Brinkley. From Wordnik.com. [english.chosun.com : Total] Reference
The two books which have made his name famous, and what Chesterton thinks of them, must be now gone into. From Wordnik.com. [Gilbert Keith Chesterton] Reference
Unlike Booth, Forrest came from no family of actors, nor inherited a name famous in the annals of the stage. From Wordnik.com. [American Men of Mind] Reference
When the Time-Life publisher coined his famous phrase, his intent was to prod his fellow citizens into action. From Wordnik.com. [The Nation: Top Stories] Reference
Marion refused to leave the region where he made his name famous, and thus kept the Tories in constant fear and dread. From Wordnik.com. [Stories Of Georgia] Reference
On the 24th of the same month he made another attempt, which rendered his name famous all over the English-speaking world. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 401, September 8, 1883] Reference
The literary reputation of Dr. Holmes will rest on the three great books which have made his name famous on two continents. From Wordnik.com. [The Arena Volume 4, No. 20, July, 1891] Reference
Thenceforward he began to paint with that marvellous richness of colouring which has made his name famous all over the world. From Wordnik.com. [Knights of Art; stories of the Italian painters] Reference
With this instrument, he commenced that survey of the heavenly bodies which rendered his name famous as the first of astronomers. From Wordnik.com. [How Britannia Came to Rule the Waves Updated to 1900] Reference
Captain Robert Blake, who had already made his name famous for his gallant defence of Prior's Hill when Bristol was besieged by Prince. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy who sailed with Blake] Reference
It was then that he composed the opening lines of a poem which may yet make his name famous wherever the English language is spoken. From Wordnik.com. [The Struggles of Brown, Jones, and Robinson By One of the Firm] Reference
His sun was set only to rise again to greater brilliance in the future as Fra Bartolommeo, a name famous for ever in the annals of art. From Wordnik.com. [Fra Bartolommeo] Reference
Indeed, as most people know, Defoe did not take to the composition of the fiction which has made his name famous till very late in life. From Wordnik.com. [Political Pamphlets] Reference
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