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I used to make original snowmen, but it was time consuming, hard work. So I said, heck, this is crazy! Now I crank out crude imitations of what`s already popular! It takes no time or thought, and most people don`t care about the difference, anyway! And wh...
Bill Watterson
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Can anyone picture God telling, taking, or enjoying a good joke? The idea is laughable. The Devil, on the other hand, laughs with demonic mirth, is possessed of a sardonic wit, and his eyes hold a glint of wicked bemusement. The farthest God, in his popul...
Diane LaVey
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Complexity and profundity have been equated by the academic culture just as fame and significance have been conflated by the popular culture. Fame and significance have nothing to do with one another; and complexity and profundity have nothing to do with ...
Dennis Prager
Keywords: academic :: and :: another :: as :: been :: by :: complexity :: conflated :: culture :: do :: equated :: fame :: have :: just :: nothing :: on :: one :: popular :: profundity :: significance :: the :: to :: withSubject: Complexity Quotes :: Fame QuotesSource: thinkexist.com
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What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.
W.H. Auden
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It is simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences.
Aristotle
Keywords: addressing :: audiences :: educated :: effective :: is :: it :: makes :: more :: popular :: simplicity :: than :: that :: the :: uneducated :: whenSubject: Simplicity QuotesSource: quotationspage.com
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I don`t think either the Offspring or Green Day started their bands with the intention of becoming so enormously popular; that sort of fell in their laps-especially the Offspring. My attitude is if somebody blunders into the level of popularity, at least ...
Jello Biafra
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Everything popular is wrong.
Oscar Wilde
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It`s very strange, when you live in London or live around London and get the music papers you are led to believe that there is a certain type of music that is popular and everything else is not.
Phil Collins
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I knew that I was in this popular band and I had four other guys` careers in my hand, and I knew that if I ever acted on it or even said (that I was gay), it would overpower everything. [To People Magazine, on his sexuality.]
Lance Bass
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I`ve never really wanted to go to Japan. Simply because I don`t like eating fish. And I know that`s very popular out there in Africa.
Britney Spears
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[on acting] You are not in business to be popular.
Kirstie Alley
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[Talking about his success in playing the two Mr. Darcy roles] "I was delighted to become a popular-culture reference point. I`m still delighted about it actually, and I still find it to be weird."
Colin Firth
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I was not popular in high school, I know every actress says that, but really, I was a big geek.
Rachel McAdams
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I don`t do nudity for fame or to become popular, because that only lasts so long. Look at Brigitte Bardot...she`s become a fascist and hates everyone.
Ludivine Sagnier
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I moved from New Jersey to California, so I know what it feels like being the new girl trying to figure it all out. There was this girl in the popular group who was jealous of me, even though I bought my own clothes and car-my parents didn`t give them to ...
Ashley Tisdale
Keywords: all :: and :: being :: bought :: california :: car :: clothes :: didn :: even :: feels :: figure :: from :: girl :: give :: group :: in :: it :: jealous :: jersey :: know :: like :: me :: moved :: my :: new :: of :: out :: own :: parents :: popular :: so :: the :: them :: there :: this :: though :: to :: trying :: was :: what :: whoSource: imdb.com
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After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise.
Shirley Jones
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I`m not a very popular person. I was pushed to show the unfinished version of Brown Bunny in Cannes, against my judgement. And even though a lot of negative reaction to the film came from not setting up the presentation very well, I still felt responsible...
Vincent Gallo
Keywords: against :: and :: brown :: bunny :: came :: cannes :: even :: felt :: film :: from :: in :: judgement :: lot :: my :: negative :: not :: of :: person :: popular :: presentation :: pushed :: reaction :: responsible :: setting :: show :: still :: the :: though :: to :: unfinished :: up :: version :: very :: was :: wellSource: imdb.com
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Angela has so many characteristics I don`t have or wouldn`t want to have. She is not that smart. If she was smart, then she would know that she doesn`t have to be part of the popular crowd to be cool. - about her character in the TV movie A Friend to Die ...
Kellie Martin
Keywords: 19 :: about :: angela :: be :: character :: characteristics :: cool :: crowd :: die :: doesn :: don :: for :: friend :: has :: have :: her :: if :: in :: is :: know :: many :: movie :: not :: of :: or :: part :: popular :: she :: smart :: so :: that :: the :: then :: to :: tv :: want :: was :: would :: wouldnSource: imdb.com
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I loved my long brown curls, but most mean girls look like this, don`t they?...The blond thing...it`s the stereotype of a popular mean girl.
Ashley Tisdale
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High school is high school, but it`s not until you get out of high school that you realize that it`s just a stepping stone in life. Nothing is easy about high school. I didn`t know where I fit. There are so many cliques of people who are popular and who a...
Sean Faris
Keywords: about :: and :: are :: but :: cliques :: didn :: easy :: fit :: get :: high :: in :: is :: it :: just :: know :: life :: many :: not :: nothing :: of :: out :: people :: popular :: realize :: school :: so :: stepping :: stone :: that :: there :: until :: where :: who :: youSource: imdb.com
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I think that the Internet is going to effect the most profound change on the entertainment industries combined. And we`re all gonna be tuning into the most popular Internet show in the world, which will be coming from some place in Des Moines. We`re all g...
Steven Spielberg
Keywords: all :: and :: be :: change :: combined :: coming :: des :: effect :: entertainment :: from :: going :: gonn :: gonna :: in :: industries :: internet :: into :: is :: moines :: most :: on :: place :: popular :: profound :: re :: show :: some :: that :: the :: think :: to :: tuning :: we :: which :: will :: worldSource: imdb.com
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It`s nice to be loved and for one`s contribution to be recognized in some way. I suppose I agree that we have had an influence on modern popular music. (Speaking in 2005)
David Gilmour
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Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn`t argue about that, I`m right and will be proved right. We`re (the Beatles) more popular than Jesus now. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It`s them twisting it that ru...
John Lennon
Keywords: about :: all :: and :: argue :: be :: beatles :: but :: christianity :: disciples :: fo :: go :: his :: it :: jesus :: more :: needn :: now :: ordinary :: popular :: proved :: re :: right :: ruins :: shrink :: than :: that :: the :: them :: thick :: twisting :: vanish :: was :: we :: were :: willSource: imdb.com
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Of course what I think is boring must not be the same as what other people think is, since I could never stand to watch all the most popular action shows on TV, because they`re essentially the same plots and the same shots and the same cuts over and over ...
Andy Warhol
Keywords: action :: ag :: all :: and :: as :: be :: because :: boring :: could :: course :: cuts :: essentially :: is :: most :: must :: never :: not :: of :: on :: other :: over :: people :: plots :: popular :: re :: same :: shots :: shows :: since :: stand :: the :: they :: think :: to :: tv :: watch :: whatSource: imdb.com
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[On why he chooses acting over music] "I think I`d be too stubborn and have to do it on my own terms. There`s a lot of hope in music and there are some really amazing artists out there, but as far as popular music goes, a lot of it is just not for me. So ...
Paul Dano
Keywords: acting :: amazing :: and :: are :: artists :: as :: be :: but :: chooses :: do :: don :: far :: for :: goes :: have :: he :: hope :: in :: is :: it :: just :: lot :: me :: music :: my :: not :: of :: on :: out :: over :: own :: popular :: really :: so :: some :: stubborn :: terms :: there :: think :: to :: too :: whySource: imdb.com
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I`m glad that people are accepting our music and are connected to our art. Whether we`re popular or not, I don`t care.
Amy Lee
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In a feature picture I like quite well, the one in which I`m hanging on a clock, Safety Last! (1923), and which is probably one of our most popular, we did the final scenes of that climb first. We didn`t know what we were going to have for the beginning o...
Harold Lloyd
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On his life: "What I would do in order to be popular was, I`d put myself on line and joke around and be funny, and I was always known as the crazy kid."
Leonardo DiCaprio
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We`re the ones who talked about AIDS when it was just being whispered. And we talked about civil rights when it wasn`t really popular. This academy - this group of people - gave Hattie McDaniel an Oscar in 1939 when blacks were still sitting in the backs ...
George Clooney
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I`m an optimist. I hope if a movie`s good that it will be a success, but as we know, that`s not always true, just because of popular taste, advertising, distribution patterns, there`s lots of reasons. When something doesn`t do better than it deserves to i...
Willem Dafoe
Keywords: advertising :: always :: an :: as :: be :: because :: better :: but :: deserves :: distribution :: do :: doesn :: good :: hope :: if :: in :: it :: just :: know :: lots :: movie :: not :: of :: optimist :: patterns :: popular :: reasons :: something :: success :: taste :: than :: that :: there :: to :: true :: we :: when :: will :: yourSource: imdb.com
