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I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.
Audrey Hepburn

There's nobody in the world like me. I think every decade has an iconic blonde, like Marilyn Monroe or Princess Diana and, right now, I'm that icon.
Paris Hilton

Nobody, Princess, Blonde

I hope when I'm dead I'll be considered an icon, though.
Lady Gaga

Hope, Dead, Though

When you're playing an icon like Wolverine, it's sometimes better to be someone that nobody knows because they don't know what to expect. I don't mind a little bit of anonymity; it helps on the subway.
Hugh Jackman

Mind, Someone, Sometimes

I am a huge fan of gays. They love me, and I love them. They think of me as sort of a gay icon.
Tori Spelling

Love, Gay, Gays

Eventually, I would love to be on my deathbed and looked at as an icon. Right now I'm still at the baby stages of my career. But that is the goal.
Kesha

Love, Career, Goal

I'm not an icon. Not even in America.
John Mayer

My style icon really for my whole life has been my mother.
Jessica Simpson

Life, Mother, Whole

I'm Valentino Rossi. And I want to be a person, not an icon.
Valentino Rossi

Person, Valentino

All I want to do is be a gay icon. I was reading Lady Gaga's twitter, because she has like 12 million followers, or something like that. I feel like she has fans, gay, straight, bi, who would throw themselves off a building for her.
Mindy Kaling

I just sing and write songs and wear what I want. It's quite a good job really. If I wanted to I suppose I could become more of a fashion icon, but singing is my thing.
Ellie Goulding

Good, Job, Fashion

I don't really have a style icon but I really admire the way people dress like Gaga, Rihanna and Gwen Stefani. It's good to be inspired by singers who write music and dress incredibly - rather than models and people in the fashion industry who dress immaculately anyway because it's their style.
Ellie Goulding

Music, Good, Fashion

The people that I see on the street, they treat me more as a human being and not just an icon or a football player.
Ricky Williams

Human, Football, Treat

I'm sorry, but I can't imagine being an American icon! It would be pretty difficult to look at your face in the mirror and think of yourself as that without laughing and spitting toothpaste all over!
Jane Pauley

Yourself, Sorry, Pretty

'Days' has always been strong as an icon in TV history, and it's still going on strong and represents the genre of daytime drama so well. I'm proud to be a part of it.
Alison Sweeney

History, Strong, Proud

Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and heroes. As the ultimate icon of America's storied history, the Stars and Stripes represents the very best of this nation.
Joe Barton

Best, History, Sacrifice

It's never been my purpose to become an American icon, or more famous or richer.
Juliette Binoche

Famous, Become, American

I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon.
Justin Timberlake

Somebody, Incredible, Fortunate

I'm more than an actor. I'm an icon, an industry.
Corey Feldman

Actor, Industry

Being a pop fan is a lot like Catholic devotion - lots of ritual, lots of ceremony... We touch the icon to enter the sacred space, genuflecting to reliquaries and ostentatoria that make something splendid of our most secret desires and agonies.
Rob Sheffield

Secret, Touch, Space

Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist.
John Legend

Him, Artist, Style

I get told all the time that I'm a fashion icon now, but I don't really know what that means. I just get dressed.
Taylor Momsen

Time, Fashion, Means

When I created Buffy, I wanted to create a female icon, but I also wanted to be very careful to surround her with men that not only have no problem with the idea of a female leader, but were in fact engaged and even attracted to the idea.
Joss Whedon

Men, Problem, Leader

Icon. What is an icon? When someone is iconic it means they have established a certain kind of legacy possibly, and I think it does come with time. It's something in the arts, I feel. Maybe not, maybe it doesn't have to be in the arts exactly. I'm not really sure. But I don't think you are born an icon.
Diana Ross

Time, Someone, Means

I don't think getting in and out of a limousine has anything to do with being an icon.
Diana Ross

Dick Clark is an American icon. I am honored that he has entrusted me with such a role in this national tradition.
Ryan Seacrest

American, National, Role

I'm going to be a fashion icon in a minute. I'm not going to do it in a corny manner. I have a voice that speaks for a whole other market - not just black people, but high fashion urban people. I mix street wear with high fashion. It's never been seen before.
ASAP Rocky

Black, Fashion, Before

'You've got mail!' exclaims the cheery automaton at America Online. The flag on the mailbox icon waves invitingly on my computer screen. For a second, I'm 10 years old again, waiting for the postman's whistle to slice the stillness of an Australian afternoon.
Geraldine Brooks

Waiting, America, Old

I would love to do a biopic of a famous singer, like Diana Ross or Donna Summer, or an old jazz story that we haven't seen before. I would love to do that! I would love to play Diana Ross 'cause she's an icon. I'm salivating to do that.
Taraji P. Henson

Love, Famous, Before

One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the early 20th century, especially his escape from the Chinese water torture cell, represented triumph over suffocation, drowning, disorientation and helplessness.
Criss Angel

Art, Water, Early

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