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3 Jan 2007, 21:45
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Question Of Fame
'It's better to be economically comfortable for life than to be rich and famous for three years then lose it all.' Discuss.
Edit: You live the same length of time either way.
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Last edited by All Systems Go; 3 Jan 2007 at 23:26.
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3 Jan 2007, 22:25
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Re: Question Of Fame
"Would you rather live for a year as a lion or a lifetime as a worm"
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3 Jan 2007, 22:34
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Victim of Marriage
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Re: Question Of Fame
I'd rather be rich and famous for 3 years, then pretend to lose it all but live the rest of my life very comfortably...but it will never happen as my wife would spend it all in about 2 hours.
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3 Jan 2007, 23:22
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Re: Question Of Fame
Life - for me - Quality over Quantity every time.
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3 Jan 2007, 23:45
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El Chupacabra
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Re: Question Of Fame
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistwraith
Life - for me - Quality over Quantity every time.
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"I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them." --Ian Fleming
He died at 56. Not exactly optimal, despite his successes.
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3 Jan 2007, 23:46
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Lucky
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Re: Question Of Fame
being rich and famous for 3 years to then suddenly lose it all, surely can't mean anything else than that you've been an incredible imbecile.
so i too go for the 'life' option.
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3 Jan 2007, 23:51
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Banned
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Re: Question Of Fame
I'd rather have written the Iliad.
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4 Jan 2007, 09:34
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Miles Teg
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Re: Question Of Fame
Quote:
Originally Posted by JonnyBGood
I'd rather have written the Iliad.
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You and many others.
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4 Jan 2007, 11:25
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Clerk
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Re: Question Of Fame
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Originally Posted by KoeN
being rich and famous for 3 years to then suddenly lose it all, surely can't mean anything else than that you've been an incredible imbecile.
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What if you gave it all away in an act of charity, or simply to show you could rise from nothing to greatness again? (Admittedly, "loss" does imply it wasn't on purpose)
In any case, I don't really value "fame" in the sense of being some kind of star, but being comfortable would mean I could dedicate more time to various projects, so I'll take the life of comfort.
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4 Jan 2007, 12:26
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Bored
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Re: Question Of Fame
Surely if you're rich and famous for 3 years you could easily get back to comfortable status somehow even if you drop back to square one for a bit?
Not really bothered about being famous (I guess it depends what for) and the rich bit isn't something I care about too much either.
So comfortable.
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4 Jan 2007, 12:27
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The Original Carebear
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Re: Question Of Fame
Being rich is something I wouldn't mind, though I would never want to be famous. Seems like an awful lot of hassle to me.
Living comfortably my entire life would be the preferred choice though.
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