Acclaim Quotes
44 Acclaim quotes by 43 unique authors
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To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in quest of acclaim. As media…
— John Donne
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When I arrived at the point where I received public acclaim, I felt the most lowly, because I knew within myself that I had but…
— Walter Russell
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One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either.
— David Foster Wallace
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The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these are washed away by war.…
— John T. Flynn
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To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but, the simple truth of that…
— Robin Williams
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want to do only things that…
— Saif Ali Khan
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we all benefit from their achievements…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some of these over the years,…
— Tom Osborne
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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've created about my work and…
— James Ellroy
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A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim him. Worse when they despise…
— Laozi
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It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love to tell you that learning…
— Steve Almond
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The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters the acclaim of chessplayers the…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed…
— Eric Butterworth
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The coaching profession has lost one of its true legends. Though he was best known for winning more football games than any other coach when…
— Grant Teaff
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Acclaim is a distraction.
— James Broughton
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I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards.
— Michael Jackson
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History calls those men the greatest who have ennobled themselves by working for the common good; experience acclaims as happiest the man who has made…
— Karl Marx
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The key is realizing - and believing - that this world is not your home. If you and I ever hope to free our lives…
— David Platt
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No matter how you total success in the coaching profession it all comes down to a single factor - talent. There may be a hundred…
— John Wooden
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Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility
— Dwyane Wade
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As Coleridge said, "We receive but what we give." The happy life is a life of continual generosity in which we go out to meet…
— Gerald Brenan
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The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.
— Robert Breault
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I think Paul Weitz is a really amazing director, obviously with tons of acclaim and stuff, but I still think he is underrated. And I…
— Nat Wolff
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His songs were soon curled on the lips of the world, they had earned him the highest acclaim. And yet his greatest desire was the…
— Waylon Jennings
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The artist who is after success lets himself be influenced by the public. Generally such an artist contributes nothing new, for the public acclaims only…
— Andre Gide
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