Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes
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The books that the world calls immoral are books that show the world its own shame.
Oscar Wilde
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It was really in the Golden Age, between the two world wars, when the pure detective story - of which the locked room mystery is really the ultimate form - became popular.
Otto Penzler
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Scandinavia was awash with Maoism in the '70s. Sweden had Maoist groups with a combined membership and periphery of several thousand members, but it was Norway where Maoism became a genuine popular force and hegemonic in the culture.
Tariq Ali
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We have to stand up for what we believe in, even when we might not be popular for it. Honesty starts with being ourselves, authentic and true to who we are and what we believe in, and that may not always be popular, but it will always let you follow your dreams and your heart.
Tabatha Coffey
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I read Popular Mechanics, Popular Science, Reader's Digest... I read some responsible journalism, and from that, I form my own opinions. I also happen to be intelligent, and I question everything.
Gary Coleman
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Since Mashable's inception, some of our most popular articles have focused on the science behind the world's coolest innovations.
Adam Ostrow
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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realise that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation.
Maeve Binchy
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'Paper Planes' was an accident. It wasn't a song we made for the masses. It took two years to get popular, and there were many fights about censoring the gunshot sounds.
M.I.A.
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The art world is never going to be popular like the NFL, but more people are buying art and I think that's cushioning, to a great extent, our art-market cycles.
Larry Gagosian
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I would have been a much more popular Wolrd Champion if I had always said what people wanted to hear. I might have been dead, but definitely more popular.
Jackie Stewart
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Compassion is not a popular virtue.
Karen Armstrong
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Popular ideas about AIDS are based on a hypothesis that does not stand up to scientific scrutiny.
Nate Mendel Foo Fighters
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I think if I was 5-foot-3, I would have been really popular and dated a lot more in high school. I didn't develop like the pretty girl.
Gabrielle Reece
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I so think it's limiting to define an audience ahead of time. This is something I've brought on myself by being like, 'There are no 'real' teen publications! That's what I'll do!' But then it's like, well, if I want 'Rookie' to be successful and popular, then people will invalidate the realness by saying it's popular and mainstream.
Tavi Gevinson
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It was so popular, so more people identify me from 'Friends' than anything else.
Eddie Cahill
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A modern-day Dickens with a popular voice and a genius for storytelling in any genre, Stephen King has written many wonderful books.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
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In a popular medium, you're going to get loads of stuff that is trite, but there'll also be some really special moments.
Kate Bush
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My mom actually had a band called Six Pack - even though there were seven of them - who went around Chicago performing popular songs. Her voice was like Gladys Knight mixed with Aretha Franklin.
R. Kelly
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The Secret Service once watched for people who fit the popular profile of dangerousness: the lunatic, the loner, the threatener, the hater.
Bill Dedman
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I don't think I am even that popular. In fact, people must be wondering who the hell Nia Sharma is!
Nia Sharma
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I don't follow other fashion blogs, but I do follow other fashionistas on Instagram. Many of them are my friends; it's really cool: they can inspire me, and they're also my friends. I also look for inspiration in the street; there are so many fashionable women walking around.
Chiara Ferragni
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I am so stereotyped into being this Hollywood girl.
Kim Kardashian
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I guess I started running when I was about 18 and... I feel like it assists my creativity a bit because it completely just flushes everything out.
Ellie Goulding
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Nothing really immoral is ever permanently popular.
Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton