#popularity

I think George W. Bush has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest. ↗

— Al Gore

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Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character. ↗

— Horace Greeley

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The heights of popularity and patriotism are still the beaten road to power and tyranny. ↗

— David Hume

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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

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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

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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

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Art has never been a popularity contest. ↗

— James Levine

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Avoid popularity if you would have peace. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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I figured it is always better to be unpopular by your own choice. ↗

— Tom Upton

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One of my proudest moments is I didn't sell my soul for the sake of popularity. ↗