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«Fame is a vapor, popularity an accident, and riches take wings. Only one thing endures and that is character.»
«Camp is popularity plus vulgarity plus innocence.»
«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?»
«If the people raise a great howl against my barbarity and cruelty, I will answer that war is war, and not popularity seeking»
«I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.»
«I think he [George W. Bush] has a warm, engaging personality. But, you know, the presidency is more than just a popularity contest.»
«An actor's popularity is fleeting. His success has the life expectancy of a small boy who is about to look into a gas tank with a lighted match.»
Author: Fred Allen
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Comedian)
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«Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.»
«Avoid popularity if you would have peace.»
«I had supposed until that time that it was quite common for parents to love their children, but the war persuaded me that it is a rare exception. I had supposed that most people liked money better than almost anything else, but I discovered that they liked destruction even better. I had supposed that intellectuals frequently loved truth, but I found here again that not ten per cent of them prefer truth to popularity.»