# Quote — Martin Amis, Visiting Mrs Nabokov And Other Excursions

> It used to be said that by a certain age a man had the face that he deserved. Nowadays, he has the face he can afford.

- Author: [Martin Amis](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis.md)
- Book: [Visiting Mrs Nabokov And Other Excursions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/visiting-mrs-nabokov-and-other-excursions.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/martin-amis/visiting-mrs-nabokov-and-other-excursions/it-used-to-be-said

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> Not greatly gifted, not deeply beautiful, Madonna tells America that fame comes from wanting it badly enough. And everyone is terribly good at badly wanting things.

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> Never content just to be, America is also obliged to mean; America signifies, hence its constant and riveting vulnerability to illusion.

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