#popularity

The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity. ↗

— Max Beerbohm

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Quite a few operas are still being commissioned around the world, although nothing apart from audience popularity can ensure more than a few performances. ↗

— Bruce Beresford

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But having said all of that, that still doesn't account for a lot of the increase in popularity which stems, I think, from Lincoln's personal characteristics. ↗

— David Herbert Donald

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When it comes to the recording and writing, it's still mostly Mickey and I. But now there's this whole live entity that's a whole different thing, and it seems to be where we're gaining the most popularity. ↗

— Gene Ween

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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

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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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True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity. ↗

— Bo Bennett

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The actor's popularity is evanescent; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow. ↗

— Harrison Ford

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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

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There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism. ↗

— Jonathan Mayhew

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