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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 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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• The central challenge for educational systems around the world is the substitution of effectiveness for popularity.

  Douglas B. Reeves

  Educational, Effectiveness, Challenges

  Douglas B. Reeves (2012). “Transforming Professional Development into Student Results”, p.2, ASCD

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• The popularity of disaster movies expresses a collective perception of a world threatened by irresistible and unforeseen forces which nevertheless are thwarted at the last moment. Their thinly veiled symbolic meaning might be translated thus: We are innocent of wrongdoing. We are attacked by unforeseeable forces come to harm us. We are, thus, innocent even of negligence. Though those forces are insuperable, chance will come to our aid and we shall emerge victorious.

  David Mamet

  Symbolic Meaning, Perception, Tragedy

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

  Namie Amuro

  Years, Trying, Three

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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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• Stand for something. Don't quest for popularity at the expense of morality and ethics and honesty.

  Howard Cosell

  Honesty, Integrity, Character

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• Never mind the transience of show business and popularity. When we hear Ray Charles, we go, 'That's a great singer.' You don't need a reporter or a writer to tell us. Good is good and it should shine through the years.

  Art Garfunkel

  Years, Shining, Mind

  "Art Garfunkel: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. December 21, 2011.

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• Something of the hermit's temper is an essential element in many forms of excellence, since it enables men to resist the lure of popularity, to pursue important work in spite of general indifference or hostility, and arrive at opinions which are opposed to prevalent errors.

  Bertrand Russell

  Men, Errors, Solitude

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Power: A New Social Analysis”, p.37, Routledge

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• Absolute truth is not dependent upon public opinion or popularity. Now what is this truth? It is His gospel. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ.

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Jesus, Public Opinion, Christ

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• Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around.

  Terri Windling

  Latin, Magic Realism, Hygiene

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• In the world of movie personalities the distance between popularity and politics is short.

  Shirley Temple

  Movie, Distance, Personality

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• Life passes, riches fly away, popularity is fickle, the senses decay, the world changes. One alone is true to us; One alone can be all things to us; One alone can supply our need.

  John Henry Newman

  Needs, Fickle, Decay

  John Henry Newman (1868). “Works”, p.326

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• ... the passion for popularity brings such injury upon those it masters that it shipwrecks faith itself. Our Lord confirms this when He says, 'How can you have faith in Me when you receive honour from one another and do not seek for the honour that comes from the only God?' (cf. Jn. 5:44).

  Gregory Palamas

  God, Faith, Christian

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• If tournament popularity was the most important consideration, then I think we would create a Smash Bros game that included a multitude of fast moves with complicated controls. However, I believe this is actually the greatest shortcoming of fighting games at present, and that is the reason why I don’t do it.

  Masahiro Sakurai

  Believe, Moving, Fighting

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some of our problems can no more be solved correctly by majority opinion than can a problem in arithmetic and there are few problems that cannot be solved according to what is just and right without resort to popular opinion.

  Henry Latham Doherty

  Justice, Majority, Opinion

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• I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction.

  David Eddings

  Optimistic, Fiction, Opinion

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• Popularity is not an indication of quality.

  Vanna Bonta

  Quality, Indication

  "Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales". Book by Vanna Bonta, 1989.

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• The variations I've composed on the graceful Neapolitan ditty, 'Oh Mamma, Mama Cara,' outshine everything. I can't describe it

  Niccolo Paganini

  Variation, Mama, I Can

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• Thus we should beware of clinging to vulgar opinions, and judge things by reason's way, not by popular say.

  Michel de Montaigne

  Judging, Way, Opinion

  Michel de Montaigne (1958). “Complete Essays”, p.150, Stanford University Press

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• Homo Creator's testimony to the sound construction and fine finish of Deus Creatus. A popular form of abjection, having an element of pride.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Pride, Sound, Abjection

  Ambrose Bierce (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Ambrose Bierce (Illustrated)”, p.2541, Delphi Classics

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• A popular character in old Italian plays, who imitated with ludicrous incompetence the "buffone", or clown, and was therefore the ape of an ape; for the clown himself imitated the serious characters of the play.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Character, Italian, Play

  Ambrose Bierce (2009). “The Devil's Dictionary: Easyread Large Bold Edition”, p.334, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• A trite popular saying, or proverb. (Figurative and colloquial.) So called because it makes its way into a wooden head. Following are examples of old saws fitted with new teeth.

  Ambrose Bierce

  Example, Teeth, Way

  Ambrose Bierce (2012). “The Devil's Dictionary”, p.114, Courier Corporation

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