would you rather be famous, wealthy or influencial?

@im_anna (717)
Philippines
March 20, 2007 8:38pm CST
if given a chance, would you rather be famous but cannot afford to buy luxuries or wealthy but people would not take a second look at you or very influencial that people listen to you? what would you rather be?
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• United States
21 Mar 07
This is a tough one, because deep down I would rather be influential, but at this point and time, wealthy would win out. My parents are having a few financial issues and I often wish I could do more for them than I am able. We try, but know they need even more...so for today, I would pick wealthy, but not for myself....unless I was influential and could influence the bill companies to leave my parents alone...LOL...then it would be back to influential !
@im_anna (717)
• Philippines
25 Apr 07
your predicament is the same as mine about having to support my parents. yes, i agree, that influencing other people to change one's frame of mind/idea weighmore & eventually you would have what you need.
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@obang1483 (250)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
hmmmmmmm........It is hard to be famous and poor at the same time... How the hell can I afford bodyguards???...hihi I'd rather be influencial... I think It's much safer without the wealth and the fame..besides only smart people can be that influencial. oh wait, doesn't influencial comes with fame??, I mean If you have the authority to manipulate other people ... this people comes in numbers... you can be famous too. arggggggghhh!! this is a critical question. But I still say influencial!!!!! I love taking control!!!
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@latq901 (21)
• Philippines
3 Apr 07
I would like to be all three --famous, wealthy and influencial.
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@im_anna (717)
• Philippines
14 May 07
ideally, we would want to be all of those, but if given a chance to choose just one, what would it be?
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• Philippines
16 May 07
BOTH OF THREE..famous give you influence to change life and wealthy give us to buy all we want...jejejej
@tatzkie (644)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
influential... obviously.
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@adela56 (183)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
none of the above.id rather live as a simple person, i think id be happier with simple things around me
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• United States
21 Mar 07
I would rather be known as the humorous, normal, simple guy that can make people laugh and those that can enjoy my presence when I'm around. Money comes and then goes. There's no such thing as being famous, it's an illusion -- Even Celebs with their fame became a shame and live miserable due to the media. Those that live wealthy, will enjoy a temporary moment with their money, but then soon pass away and hand all their wealth to the ones that haven't earned it.
@im_anna (717)
• Philippines
21 Jun 07
being simple and humorous is good, you get to make people smile or make them feel good.
• United States
21 Mar 07
I would rather be influencial than wealthy or famous. Fame only lasts for a short while and then it fades. Wealth is wonderful, but even if you have wealth, it does not mean that you have respect or love. I'd rather be influencial, because if you just affect one persons life, then you are a successful person.
@wathanjim (2214)
• United States
15 May 07
Fame I dont want,too much trouble.Wealth I dont need although a little more money would be nice.Influencial would be great to influence in good ways.Maybe make the World a better place.
• Pakistan
14 May 07
i would rather be influencial, because if you just effect one person life ,then you are a successful person
• United States
14 May 07
I would love to be wealthy and almost invisible. that way I could live the way I want. But being in the background I could help people, by giving to all the foundations without having to be in the public eye.
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• Philippines
26 Mar 07
best choice for me is to be influential :) it is better if people listen to you and be a part of the improvement in their lives. then you can be famous and with the proper connections, you'll eventually be wealthy. it all matters on how you use your influence to come up to a better result.
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• Philippines
21 Mar 07
i would rather to be famous.That would be a great feeling and i would love to experience that if i given a chance someday!
@filmbuff (2909)
• United States
14 May 07
This is a very interesting questions im_anna, but for the part I think the 3 things you mention all go hand in hand. That one often follows another. If you are famous, something made you that way, something you did or saw probably. Using fame alone one could easily become rich if by doing nothing else than writing a book. If your famous people would want to read it and now you have wealth. During the course of writing you put forth idea that influence others. If you are wealthy, people will take a second look at you, or at least the car you are driving. Having wealth in our society is the same as having influence, not to mention the fact that you could easily use that wealth to become famous if you wanted to. For the influencial it would be simple to influence others to make themselves rich, or to turn that influence into fame, because hey...you can use that influence to convice people to do things. These things seem by nature to be mutually non-exclusive, and all very interconnected and related.
• Philippines
16 May 07
i like to be influencial and wealthy. i'd like to be influencial because influence is power. then i would like to be wealthy so i could buy anything i want. sigh! im so self-centered! sigh!
• United States
22 Apr 07
being influential would be the most ultimate thing. changing someone's ideas or life is invaluable