The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

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Popularity is the one insult I have never suffered.

quote by Oscar Wilde
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In this era in which we live, the old-fashioned virtues grow increasingly unpopular.

quote by B. Carroll Reece
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A Popularity Had Is So Passé

A popularity had is so passé
Like a trasition from one fad to another,
That eventually goes away.

For some it is nice to be the one adored.
Until the reality of becoming a bore to ignore,
Hits one that faces a closing of a door.

A popularity had is so passé .
Here today...
And 'maybe' tomorrow.
But never coming for anyone,
To sit and visit with hints of it to stay.

Anything or anyone once given it,
Gives it up one day.
A popularity had is so passé.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Popularity is the small change of glory.

French proverbs
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There are many qualities that make a great leader. But having strong beliefs, being able to stick with them through popular and unpopular times, is the most important characteristic of a great leader.

quote by Rudy Giuliani
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I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.

quote by Benjamin F. Wade
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We had an erector set, and I was an avid fan of Popular Mechanics and Popular Science magazines.

quote by James Van Allen
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As far as sustaining our popularity, I believe we can.

quote by Vince McMahon
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So easy to fall into a rut, isn't it? Why should ruts be so comfortable and so unpopular?

quote by Ruth Gordon
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Home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names, and impossible loyalties!

quote by Matthew Arnold
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Declaring Something Popular

Declaring someone or something popular,
Invites the critics like flies...
To a horse's tail.
Like one's urgent need,
To use an available toilet.
When people seeking to smear,
That which they can not stomach...
When a popularity has been endeared.

Why?

Jealousy, envy.
And a need to compensate,
For those nagging insecurities that hide...
Unmentioned latent dreams of getting attention,
For anything done they do.
No matter what it is.
All they seek to be is popular.

With a making of attempts,

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Popularity
People wanting to know you
Signing autographs!

senryu by Ernestine Northover
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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

quote by William Penn
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Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada.

quote by Steve Nash
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Everything popular is wrong.

quote by Oscar Wilde
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Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular.

quote by Lord North
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.

quote by Max Beerbohm
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But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.

quote by Gerard Arpey
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For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity.

quote by Gavin Rossdale
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