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Being Rich or Being Famous
Being Rich to Being Famous Everyone wishes they could be rich or famous and many wish to be both. This is the pushing force that drags other people to strive and work harder but they never spend their time to put their thoughts, into the meaning and significance of these building blocks of life. The biggest difference between rich and famous is that being rich means you have money and being famous means that you are widely known. You can be famous without being rich or being in the news and vice versa. However, there are three differences of being rich to being famous in this society: lifestyle, social status, and privacy. First and foremost, compared with the famous person, the lifestyle of a rich person is much better. Being rich, people can gain many things that a famous person might not attain. This is the reason why some famous people might not be rich; on the other hand, it is simply easy for a rich person to buy things that he wishes to have. Furthermore, famous people have a more stressful lifestyle. It cannot be denied that they often followed by paparazzi, thus some of the unwanted news about them will be shown on television or printed in magazines and newspaper. Nevertheless, a rich person seldom becomes the headlines among the public, as his achievement might not attract the attention of the paparazzi. Therefore, he may have a more comfortable and peaceful lifestyle. Secondly, a rich person might have better social status than a famous person. Basically, there are many things to be considered while climbing the social ladder. Those things are your money,

your family, who you know and how you came across your money or fame. Billionaires and millionaires are at the top of their social status but are hardly famous to the younger demographic because they are not “famous” by virtue of being presented to the younger generation’s information highway. Famous politicians and movie stars are very different from one another in many aspects. As we all know, a

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