Sentence examples for temporary fame from inspiring English sources
But the series proves it takes a village — the entire system of hockey — to produce these increasingly addled specialists, who trade their brains for temporary money, temporary pleasure, temporary fame.
Now pop culture is steeped in Pop Idol, American Idol and all the other reality shows in which young people are ritually exposed or humiliated or capriciously promoted to headspinning, temporary fame.
Goalkeeper Mark Gillespie, unwittingly cast as the dramatic lead when the rivers Caldew and Eden spilled across the city, acknowledges the exceptional features that surround the Yeovil tie, and understands how his personal highlights reel has thrust temporary fame upon him.
It is increasingly rare today, in a world obsessed with temporary fame and flash, to meet someone who genuinely inspires, provokes, and lifts us up higher, but Kelly Holland, the new CEO and owner of Penthouse Global Media, is one of those people.
It shows that temporary celebrity -- the "fifteen minutes of fame" type -- is highly unusual and exists primarily in the bottom tiers of the fame hierarchy, such as when a whistle blower makes news or a pilot successfully lands a plane on a river.
She noted that one of them, the singer-songwriter Mark Eitzel of American Music Club fame, had requested a temporary ban.
The contestants -- once the very lifeblood of the show -- are now seen as temporary and disposable, while their celebrity mentors continue lapping up even more fame at their expense.
Peter Kelsey, who advises wealthy people, including footballers and TV presenters, says he often has to tell his clients that their fame and wealth can be temporary.
But before everyone knows them, only some people do, a degree of fame as pleasant as it is temporary.
Even established artists at Springsteen-esque fame levels are required to obtain temporary worker visas if they come to Britain for paid engagements.
Hotels and apartment houses that provided temporary refuge for young ladies hoping to find fame, or start a career (or snare a husband) in the big city occupy a distinct sliver of New York lore.
