Definition of Celebrity

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Celebrity

Celebration; solemnization.

The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

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Celebrity Quotations

Celebrity is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.
Emily Dickinson

If you say a modern celebrity is an adulterer, a pervert and a drug addict, all it means is that you've read his autobiography.
P. J. O'Rourke

A celebrity is one who is known to many persons he is glad he doesn't know.
Lord Byron

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.
Joyce Brothers

I'm not comfortable being around too many people. I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff. So most of the characters I play are people who don't always feel comfortable beyond their small circle of friends.
Adam Sandler

I don't like being out in public too much. I don't like going to bars. I don't like doing celebrity stuff.
Adam Sandler

My pastor said, Just because you were a celebrity doesn't mean you're supposed to be a celebrity now.
Willie Aames

You don't know when you're being watched. That's one of the weird things about celebrity. It's my least favorite part of acting, celebrity.
Denzel Washington

Celebrity was a long time in coming; it will go away. Everything goes away.
Carol Burnett

There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.
Kevin Bacon

Celebrity Translations

celebrity in Afrikaans is ster
celebrity in Dutch is beroemdheid, beroemd persoon
celebrity in Portuguese is celebridade
celebrity in Spanish is celebridad

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