#popularity

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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I can analyse the trajectory of my popularity and find out why the peak was a peak and the valley was a valley - grapple with it that way - but I prefer not to analyse it that much. ↗

— Corey Hart

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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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That's always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfeast cereals based on color instead of taste. ↗

— John Green

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Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet. ↗

— Dave Barry

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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

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Avoid popularity if you would have peace. ↗

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— Jonathan Mayhew

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I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity. ↗

— Bette Midler

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