When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.
Meaning of the quote
When you become well-known, being famous becomes your job. This means that maintaining your fame and public image becomes the main focus of your work, rather than your actual skills or talents.
About James Carville
James Carville is an American political consultant and pundit who has worked on numerous presidential campaigns. He’s known as the “Ragin’ Cajun” and is married to Republican strategist Mary Matalin. Carville has achieved national fame for his work on Bill Clinton’s successful 1992 presidential campaign.
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When you become famous, being famous becomes your profession.
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If you didn’t have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?
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Sometimes the right thing gets done for the wrong reason and sometimes, unfortunately, the wrong thing gets done for the right reason.
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But I’d rather not predict. I’d rather affect.
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The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
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No one will ever accuse James Carville of taking himself seriously.
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If you want to be angry at Gore, be angry at him for not fighting harder in Florida.
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Ideologies aren’t all that important. What’s important is psychology.
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When your opponent is drowning, throw the son of a bitch an anvil.
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I was against gay marriage until I realized I didn’t have to get one.
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Every day Catholics prove that you can be a good Catholic and a good Democrat and have a different position from the Church on abortion.
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I think that America will not trust a party to defend America that isn’t willing to defend itself.
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You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.
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I think the Democratic Party has the chronic problem of appearing to be weak, of not standing and fighting for what it believes in, not fighting for its own.
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Drag a $100 bill through a trailer camp and there’s no telling what you will find.
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We should not run away from religious teachings. We should run to them.
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The only thing I’m running for is the state line.
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You know there’s nothing a Hill Democrat would rather do than criticize another Democrat. It is their favorite activity. Then they can read about how honorable they are in an Op-Ed piece, how bipartisan.
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I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn’t matter who was president.
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