Popularity Quotes - Page 18

• I am a person who always tries not to be easily influenced by position or achievement. I thank God for the fact that I can share more kindness and a good quality of life through the popularity. Not for the popularity itself.

  Mario Teguh

  Kindness, Achievement, Thank God

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• Lincoln's stature and strength, his intelligence and ambition - in short, all the elements which gave him popularity among men in New Salem, rendered him equally attractive to the fair sex of that village.

  John George Nicolay

  Sex, Ambition, Men

  John George Nicolay (2008). “A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln: Condensed from Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: a History: Easyread Large Edition”, p.46, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• I will not change just to court popularity.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Court

  Margaret Thatcher (1989). “The revival of Britain: speeches on home and European affairs, 1975-1988”

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• You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer

  Irwin Shaw

  Rap, Literature

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• Among Hispanics, there is little change in popularity from a grade point average of 1 through 2.5. After 2.5, the gradient turns sharply negative. A Hispanic student with a 4.0 grade point average is the least popular of all Hispanic students, and has 3 fewer friends than a typical white student with a 4.0 grade point average.

  Roland G. Fryer, Jr.

  Average, White, Typical

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• Being a singer is not just for popularity, it is more like cheering people's hearts and never forget my root.

  Kim Kyu-jong

  Cheer, Heart, Roots

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• I think writing about unhappiness is probably the source of my popularity, if I have any - after all, most people are unhappy, don't you think?

  Philip Larkin

  Writing, Thinking, People

  Philip Larkin (2012). “Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982”, p.41, Faber & Faber

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• I don't make decisions for money or popularity. I do things because they're right for me, and they're interesting and challenging.

  Clare Balding

  Interesting, Decision, Challenges

  "Clare Balding: 'You can't be flavour of the month for more than a month'". Interview With Donald McRae, www.theguardian.com. September 17, 2012.

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• Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.

  Susan Estrich

  Winning, Personality, Battle

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• Popularity doesn't bother me. It attests to the affection and comprehension of the public. The important thing is to retain the pioneer spirit. I profoundly love the profession, and I work on each film as if it were the first - and the last. Giving the best of myself. Many of the 'greats' ask their arranger to write their scores for them. Me, I write all alone, from the first note to the last. All.

  Ennio Morricone

  Writing, Giving, Important

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• Reason can never be popular. Passions and feelings may become popular, but reason will always remain the sole property of a few eminent individuals.

  Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

  Passion, Feelings, May

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• Most people define greatness through wealth and popularity and position in the corner office. But what I call everyday greatness comes from character and contribution.

  Stephen Covey

  Success, Business, Character

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• God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other. This prayer was first printed in a monthly bulletin of the Federal Council of Churches and has become enormously popular. It has been circulated in millions of copies.

  Reinhold Niebuhr

  Change, Wisdom, Prayer

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• It's interesting that you put me in the league with those illustrious fighters [Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Jack Johnson], but I've proved since my career I've surpassed them as far my popularity. I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Motivation, Fear

  "Tyson unplugged: On media, fans and his reputation". www.espn.com. May 5, 2002.

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• Some people really trip on success or popularity. My friends would talk to me about that, about tripping on all this stuff, but you know what I tripped on? I started buying property.

  Roy Ayers

  Journey, People, Stuff

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• No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.

  Spencer W. Kimball

  Fashion, Law, Design

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• It was the Almighty who decreed that men and women must cover their nakedness by wearing proper and modest clothing. No amount of rationalizing can change God's laws. No amount of fashion designing can turn immodesty into virtue, and no amount of popularity can change sin into righteousness.

  Mark E. Petersen

  Fashion, Men, Law

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• My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.

  Namie Amuro

  Years, Trying, Three

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• O joy of suffering! To struggle against great odds! to meet enemies undaunted! To be entirely alone with them! to find how much one can stand! To look strife, torture, prison, popular odium, death, face to face! To mount the scaffold! to advance to the muzzles of guns with perfect nonchalance! To be indeed a God!

  Walt Whitman

  Death, Struggle, Gun

  Walt Whitman (1870). “Passage to India”, p.51, Haskell House Pub Limited

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• Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his apologist. Nor can I have any disposition to do it. I admit that his politics are tinctured with fanaticism, that he is too much in earnest in his democracy, that he has been a mischievous enemy to the principle measures of our past administration, that he is crafty & persevering in his objects, that he is not scrupulous about the means of success, nor very mindful of truth, and that he is a contemptible hypocrite.

  Alexander Hamilton

  Truth, Character, Hypocrite

  Alexander Hamilton (1851). “Correspondence [contin.] 1795-1804; 1777; 1791. Letters of H.G. 1789. Address to public creditors. 1790. Vindication of funding system. 1791”, p.419

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• It's so much fun! Girls just think that it is all about popularity, but it's not. You have to work really hard if you want to be good at cheerleading. It's just like any other sport!

  Stephanie

  Girl, Sports, Cheerleading

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• A psychiatrist once told me early in treatment, "Stop trying to make me like you," and what a sobering and welcome smack in the face that statement was. Yet somehow, every day of my life is still a campaign for popularity, or better yet, a crowded funeral.

  John Waters

  Funeral, Trying, Campaigns

  John Waters (2010). “Role Models”, p.30, Macmillan

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• The most popular typefaces are the easiest to read; their popularity has made them disappear from conscious cognition. It becomes impossible to tell if they are easy to read because they are commonly used, or if they are commonly used because they are easy to read.

  Zuzana Licko

  Inspirational, Motivational, Reading

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• If we get our self-esteem from superficial places, from our popularity, appearance, business success, financial situation, health, any of these, we will be disappointed, because no one can guarantee that we'll have them tomorrow.

  Kathy Ireland

  Self Esteem, Guarantees That, Business Success

  "Kathy Ireland: Designing Woman". Interview with Lisa Ryan, www.cbn.com.

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• Some people want fame, popularity and huge sales. I've always hoped to have a really long career. So I've tried to make each of my creative decisions and business decisions to allow for longevity. As a side effect I got really famous and really big. I didn't realize the two could go together.

  Jewel

  Careers, Two, Long

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