That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associated the word with divorces and court appearances and rehab and jail time. He knew more than he wanted about all of those except rehab, and that was the one famous people blew off anyway. Harry Turtledove
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  3. He gathered enthusiasm when he thought of the goal, and not the means by which he had accomplished it.

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