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The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.

Quote by Charles Babbage about tools, limits

I don't see that there are any particular changes in...

I don't see that there are any particular changes in popular music.

Quote by Lester Bangs about music

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about judgment

It is a rare mind indeed that can render the hitherto non-existent blindingly obvious. The cry 'I could have thought of that' is a very popular and misleading one, for the fact is that they didn't, and a very significant and revealing fact it is too.

Quote by Douglas Adams about thinking, mind

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a...

Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.

Quote by Gerry Adams about equality, leadership, ability, justice, peace

The popularity of that baby-faced boy, who possessed not even the elements of a good actor, was a hallucination in the public mind, and a disgrace to our theatrical history.

Quote by Bruce Barton about history, actors, public, mind, good, good luck

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible...

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Quote by Aristophanes about politics, vulgarity, voice, bad luck, bad

Nonetheless, it is still popular to assert that all...

Nonetheless, it is still popular to assert that all female criminals are driven by male threat or patriarchal pressure.

Quote by Katherine Dunn about criminals

I know that I am very popular in Holland, in fact I have visited Amsterdam several times to publicize my books. I have a great publisher in Holland and they have published all of my books in Dutch.

Quote by Jackie Collins about books

It's easy to be unpopular with unpopular people, but it's...

It's easy to be unpopular with unpopular people, but it's harder to be unpopular with popular people.

Quote by Whoopi Goldberg about nation, people

I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

I have learned to hold popular opinion of no value.

Quote by Alexander Hamilton about opinion, value

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons....

If you have a success you have it for the wrong reasons. If you become popular it is always because of the worst aspects of your work.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about bad, success, contentment, work

If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual.

Quote by Frank Herbert about common sense, sense, contentment

My children have become popular, and they show a...

My children have become popular, and they show a tremendous love for the public. They're professionals.

Quote by Julio Iglesias about children, public, love

Artist - musicians, painters, writers, poets, always seem to have had the most accurate perception of what is really going on around them, not the official version or the popular perception of contemporary life.

Quote by Billy Joel about poets, writers, artists, life

Have you listened to the radio lately? Have you heard the canned, frozen and processed product being dished up to the world as American popular music today?

Quote by Billy Joel about americans, music, being, world, contentment

We are living in a time when American popular music is...

We are living in a time when American popular music is finally being recognized as one of our most successful exports. The demand is huge.

Quote by Billy Joel about americans, music, being, time

Contrary to popular belief - general officers don't get...

Contrary to popular belief - general officers don't get tickets.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, faith

Contrary to popular belief, O.C. *IS* an area effect weapon.

Contrary to popular belief, O.C. IS an area effect weapon.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police, faith

I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was seen as the California person for a while. I didn't feel like I was popular, but I did feel confident.

Quote by Gwyneth Paltrow about country, people

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