Popularity Quotes - Page 5

'Top Gear''s popularity is a complete mystery to me. Maybe it's because it's still a car programme, but it's turned into a distorted world view from three men; a world view through the windscreen.
James May / Television Presenter
Popularity
World View
Distorted
Complete Mystery
Programme
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Real success is finding your life work in the work that you love. That's it. Don't worry about making a living, don't worry about popularity or fame. Make what you do ... count more than what you own.
David Mccullough / Author
Popularity
Real
Worry
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I first got to know Charles in the late seventies when I wrote an article and then a book about him and I think at the time he came across as quite appealing, it was probably the height of his popularity.
Anthony Holden / Writer
Book
Height
Late
Literature
Popularity
Seventies
Thinking
Appealing
Article
Charles
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You don't have to like me as a person - I understand that I can get on people's nerves with the antics I do in the ring. This is not a popularity contest. I'm trying to do whatever I can to win the fight.
Paulie Malignaggi /
Nerves
Popularity
Popularity Contest
Fight Me People
Ring
Contest
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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 / Biographer
Men
Ambition
Attractive
Elements
Popularity
Salem
Sex
Stature
Village
Among
Equally
Fair
Lincoln
Rendered
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When you look at Kennedy and Nixon, TV played a crucial part in Kennedy's popularity. He was incredibly photogenic, while Nixon was this scowling figure. American viewers judged him on his appearance on TV.
Peyton Reed /
Appearance
Crucial
Judged
Popularity
Viewers
Nixon
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The truth, the hope, of any time must be sought in the minorities. Michael Angelo was the conscience of Italy. We grow free with his name, and find it ornamental now, but in his own day his friends were few.
Ralph Waldo Emerson / Essayist
Minorities
Names
Popularity
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It is by now beyond question that Elton John is a competent and classy entertainer. Few people who have achieved his popularity have succeeded in maintaining his standards for performance and professionalism.
Jon Landau / Record Producer
Competent
Maintaining
People
Popularity
Professionalism
Standards
Achieved
Entertainer
Classy
Elton
Elton John
Few People
Succeeded
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Musicians are all about celebrity first and foremost, and I just can't do it. The second any sort of popularity contest comes into the picture, I have to walk in the other direction. These people are sociopaths.
Aesop Rock / Hip-Hop Artist
Popularity
Popularity Contest
Contest
Foremost
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I suppose popularity is measured by ratings. If a broadcaster is known as the leader because of ratings, then that's where people most want to be seen and heard, so there's no question that there's an advantage.
Walter Cronkite / Journalist
Popularity
Broadcaster
Suppose
Measured
No Question
Ratings
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Unlike Washington, the California legislature has proved that cooperation is both possible and essential to successful policymaking, while stubborn absolutism will have you trailing head lice in popularity polls.
Kevin De Leon /
Absolutism
California
Cooperation
Legislature
Lice
Polls
Popularity
Washington
Essential
Unlike
Proved
Trailing
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Salman Khan's association with 'Bigg Boss' has taken the show to another level. Because of his presence, the show has gained immense popularity and the reach of the show is tremendous. It has become a household name.
Payal Rohatgi /
Association
Boss
Household
Immense
Popularity
Taken
Tremendous
Gained
Household Name
Presence
Reach
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The popularity of leaders like Mandela was an invitation to counter-attack by the government. Mandela was banned from speaking, from attending gatherings, from leaving Johannesburg, from belonging to any organization.
Oliver Tambo / South African Politician
Attending
Banned
Belonging
Johannesburg
Leaving
Organization
Popularity
Gatherings
Invitation
Mandela
Speaking
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Just as liberalism is the main force that drives conservatism and maintains its popularity in some quarters, conservatism is the reason liberalism continues to enjoy the traction that it does in our poor civilization.
L. Neil Smith / Author
Civilization
Doe
Popularity
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No, I always felt that amongst my core fans- because there was a level of popularity that I had in the mid '80s that was sort of a bump on the scale- they fundamentally understood the values that are at work in my work.
Bruce Springsteen / Musician
Bumps
Core
Fans
Levels
Popularity
Understood
Scale
Amongst
Bump
Fundamentally
Mid
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The popularity of Groupon has almost rendered the group-buying element of it obsolete, because we're able to deliver so many customers that the merchants are very happy with even the smallest number that we can provide.
Andrew Mason / Businessman
Merchants
Obsolete
Popularity
Smallest
Deliver
Element
Provide
Rendered
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I don't know one of my friends who is considered a conservative who has not had to go back and thoroughly think through everything. You do a lot of soul-searching - 'cause we are not going to win any popularity contests.
Clarence Thomas / Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Friends
Conservative
Popularity
Soul
Thinking
Winning
Thoroughly
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Looking ahead, we see the popularity of eSports exploding as competitive gaming becomes more mainstream and eSports leagues like 'Call of Duty' World League and Overwatch League driving greater engagement and viewership.
Bobby Kotick /
Driving
Engagement
Exploding
Gaming
Greater
League
Mainstream
Popularity
Looking
Ahead
Becomes
Call
Competitive
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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 / Consultant
Kindness
Quality
Achievement
Good Quality
Popularity
Quality Of Life
Share
Thank God
Life God Good
Itself
Easily
Fact
Influenced
Thank
Tries
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Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.
Chris Christie / Governor Of New Jersey
Wisdom
Acceptance
Fleeing
Founding
Greater
Needed
Popularity
Principles
Rooted
Social Acceptance
Emotions
Fathers
Founding Fathers
Passions
Strengths
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I wouldn't overestimate the importance of my popularity in the country and abroad but at the end of the day it's not as important because I believe that my presence here could make some difference and it could encourage people.
Garry Kasparov / Writer
Believe
Country
Differences
Importance
Overestimate
Popularity
Believe End Of The Day Day
Abroad
Believe I Believe Day
End Of The Day
Presence
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I think that, occasionally, fame and popularity can garner more attention for individuals or films. But as a person who believes in my craft, I like the romantic notion that skill and hard work is more important than notoriety.
Nargis Fakhri /
Hard Work
Notion
Popularity
Believes
Craft
Garner
Occasionally
Skill
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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 / Model
Health
Appearance
Business Success
Disappointed
Financial
Guarantees That
Popularity
Self Esteem
Situation
Superficial
Tomorrow
Guarantee
Places
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Over the years, Good Deeds Day has annually gained greater popularity, spreading beyond geographical boundaries to include many more countries worldwide. International Good Deeds Day has become a global annual tradition of giving.
Shari Arison / Businesswoman
Boundaries
Deeds
Good Deeds
Greater
International
Popularity
Tradition
Annual
Gained
Geographical
Include
Spreading
Worldwide
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I've never personally criticized anyone else's music, but I know that the public's real problem is not the music I make but the perception that I play simple music for money only and for the notoriety and to increase my popularity.
Kenny G / Saxophonist
Increase
Notoriety
Perception
Play
Popularity
Real
Simple
Criticized
Personally
Real Problem
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Conservatives who decried Trump's rise (and those who scoffed at his chances of winning a single primary were legion) are the same 'purist' boxing snobs who could never grasp the popularity - and populist legitimacy - of wrestling.
Lisa Kennedy Montgomery /
Boxing
Legion
Popularity
Populist
Chances
Conservatives
Grasp
Primary
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I guess what I enjoy most is directing, because it incorporates all aspects of filmmaking. Directing is in the same line as acting - both are popularity contests, and in both you're trying to tell a story through the film as a medium.
James Franco / Actor
Acting
Contests
Enjoy
Filmmaking
Popularity
Aspects
Directing
Guess
Line
Medium
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The making of the Barack Obama franchise far exceeded the skill set of Washington's best. In fact, the recipe for Mr. Obama's global popularity can be attributed less to political minds and chance than to the enduring power of Hollywood.
Andrew Breitbart / Publisher
Barack
Hollywood
Popularity
Obama
Attributed
Barack Obama
Mr
Washington
Enduring
Exceeded
Franchise
Global
In Fact
Minds
Recipe
Skill
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To her audience, Janis Joplin has remained a symbol, artifact and reminder of late Sixties youth culture. Her popularity never derived from her musical ability, but from her capacity to link her fantasies of freedom and immortality with ours.
Jon Landau / Record Producer
Capacity
Culture
Immortality
Late
Links
Musical
Musical Ability
Popularity
Youth
Youth Culture
Derived
Fantasies
Link
Ours
Remained
Sixties
Symbol
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The NFL has done a great job of promoting the popularity of the game. There now are youth leagues in Puerto Rico and Mexico. You're starting to see more and more young men with Hispanic surnames come into the NFL and that's a wonderful thing.
Ron Rivera /
Great Job
Hispanic
Mexico
Nfl
Popularity
Promoting
Puerto Rico
Rico
Leagues
Puerto
Wonderful Thing
Young Men
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There are movies where I've walked onto the set and felt, "This is home," and I'm confident in myself and my work, but that was my first experience of live TV. At that stage, Friends was at its unassailable height of popularity and brilliance.
Olivia Williams / Film Actress
Home
Brilliance
Popularity
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No one likes to think of themselves as a one-trick pony as an actor, but on the other hand, it's nice to be part of something that has an international popularity, that is seen literally everywhere in the world and stays in the marketplace forever.
Robert Picardo /
Forever
International
Likes
Marketplace
Popularity
Everywhere
Actor
Seen
Hand
Pony
Stays
Themselves
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When the leaders choose to make themselves bidders at an auction of popularity, their talents, in the construction of the state, will be of no service. They will become flatterers instead of legislators; the instruments, not the guides, of the people.
Edmund Burke / Statesman
Auctions
Construction
Guides
Instruments
Leader
Legislators
People
Popularity
Auction
Service People Will
Choose
Talents
Instead
Leaders
Service
Themselves
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With the proliferation of social media, selfies are one of those modern diseases that unfortunately come with the territory, but they are beneficial in getting the word around about the show, and the popularity of 'Death In Paradise' has just exploded.
Kris Marshall /
Beneficial
Media
Paradise
Popularity
Proliferation
Social Media
Territory
Diseases
Exploded
Unfortunately
Word
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The Academy Awards were basically created by the industry to promote pictures. They weren't really to acknowledge the performances. Then it became sort of this a great popularity contest and now, it's an incredible show and it's seen all over the world.
James Cromwell / Film Actor
Academy
Academy Awards
Acknowledge
Awards
Industry
Popularity
Popularity Contest
Basically
Became
Seen
Contest
Performance
Pictures
Promote
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I think Trump wants to be dictator. I don't think the courts will allow him to be, and I think that after months of revolting sycophancy, neither will Congress. He will sink to such a popularity trough that even those spineless, craven gophers will cave.
Gene Weingarten / Journalist
Dictator
Popularity
Thinking
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Since social networks gained popularity extremely rapidly, there had been a debate as to whether social media was a fad. There are countless pieces of evidence now proving the contrary, among them the explosion in Twitter growth and Facebook's public listing.
Ryan Holmes /
Contrary
Debate
Evidence
Popularity
Social Media
Twitter
Countless
Networks
Explosion
Facebook
Fad
Gained
Listing
Proving
Rapidly
Social Networks
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I thought I could play the hellraiser and then put 'Johnny Vegas' back in his box. I found popularity through self-destruction. The more you damage yourself, the more people are drawn to you, and that can be quite addictive. It is not a lifestyle you can maintain.
Johnny Vegas / Actor
Damage
Lifestyle
Popularity
Self Destruction
Vegas
Yourself People More
Addictive
Box
Drawn
Johnny
Maintain
More People
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If some independent artists are using film as a medium to reach out to an audience, it should be promoted. Cinema is a popular medium and has a broad reach. There have been films with ghazals, classical and folk songs sung by local artists, which gave them popularity.
Shankar Mahadevan /
Folk Songs
Popularity
Broad
Classical
Folk
Medium
Promoted
Sung
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Historically, the most favorably viewed figure in any administration is the first lady, regardless of her husband's popularity. That is largely because first ladies avoid the political fray and are ritualistically presented as a warm, human presence in the White House.
Ari Melber /
Administration
Husband
Popularity
Warm
White House
Avoid
Figure
Historically
Ladies
Presence
Regardless
Viewed
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I almost turned down '8 Mile.' I was due to start 'ER,' and I learned they really wanted me to be in '8 Mile.' I didn't know Eminem; I just knew he was a rapper and saw what everyone else saw in the media. I thought they were just trying to capitalize on his popularity.
Mekhi Phifer / Actor
Media
Popularity
Rapper
Wanted
Almost
Capitalize
Due
Eminem
Everyone Else
Saw
Learned
Mile
Start
Turned
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Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!
Gary Allan / Musical Artist
Party
People
Popularity
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Anytime something starts to feel like a popularity contest or not about the music, I'd rather just not be involved. I'm not a big high-fiver. That really gets to people around me when we have a No. 1 or something big happen. I'm not a big, 'Let's go have a party about it!'
Gary Allan / Musical Artist
Popularity
Popularity Contest
Music Me People
Anytime
Contest
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Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.
Cornel West / Philosopher
Boldness
Fearlessness
Form
Pay
Popularity
Willing
Consequences
Louis
Content
Himself
Message
Speaks
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Telegram's popularity is spread evenly across continents. We have a substantial user base in Spain, Italy, Netherlands and Germany. Also in Brazil, Mexico and Guatemala in Latin America, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Uzbekistan, across Asia.
Pavel Durov /
Arabia
Asia
Brazil
Continents
Germany
Iran
Latin
Latin America
Malaysia
Mexico
Netherlands
Popularity
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
South Korea
Spain
Spread
Italy
Saudi
Substantial
Telegram
User
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Ronald Reagan got a lot of democrats. I wish he hadn`t. I got to Congress with Reagan coming to the Whitehouse. The Reagan Program, a very radical one, a very drastic one passed because he had a lot of democrats. He worked at it personally and also because Reagan retained a popularity.
Barney Frank / Former U.s. Representative
Popularity
Program
Wish
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Daily, I visualize the smart-ass troll who lives deep in my subconscious, and I pelt him with rainbows and unicorns. I fight a battle against my judgmental thoughts. And when an opportunity arises to gain acceptance or popularity at the expense of someone else, I zip it. It's not easy.
Julie Plec / Television Producer
Opportunity
Acceptance
Battle
Easy
Judgmental
Popularity
Subconscious
Arises
Daily
Deep
Fight
Expense
Gain
Rainbows
Thoughts
Visualize
Zip
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It is inevitable that popularity will fade. That's why I must always be prepared. I don't want a meteoric rise in popularity. I want to be an actor who can quickly get back on my feet after a fall. If I want to have a long-term career in acting, I must be careful about the choices I make.
Song Joong-Ki /
Be Careful
Careful
Inevitable
Long Term
Popularity
Prepared
Rise
Fade
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If you're a publisher and you forbid deep linking into your site, or have a paid wall or registration requirement, then you're making it hard to 'point to' your content. When no one points to your content, your content is harder to find because search uses links as a proxy for popularity.
John Battelle / Author
Harder
Paid
Popularity
Registration
Site
Wall
Content
Forbid
Linking
Points
Publisher
Requirement
Search
Uses
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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 / Singer-Songwriter
Business
Famous
Careers
Creative
Fame
Huge
Long
Popularity
Together
Two
Decisions
Allow
Side
Career
Each
Effect
Hoped
Long Career
Realize
Sales
Some People
Tried
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