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People are often quite surprised by the sport and leisure activities practised by the blind. For example, tandem cycling is very popular. — Andrea Bocelli
Classical music and pop are two different universes, each with its own difficulties, peculiarities, depth and artistic dignity. In Italy, I think there is a… — Andrea Bocelli
Popularity gets up people's noses. But I understand the importance and the function of popular music. There is an artistic purpose. Popular music helps people… — Andrea Bocelli
It's much easier to be successful than it is to be relevant. The tricks won't keep you relevant. Tricks might keep you popular for a… — Bono
Free speech is meant to protect unpopular speech. Popular speech, by definition, needs no protection. — Neal Boortz
It doesn't bother me that I'm not a household word on the East Coast. Baton Rouge, Raleigh, Minneapolis - I'm so popular in these cities… — Elayne Boosler
It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare. — Edmund Burke
History is malleable. A new cache of diaries can shed new light, and archeological evidence can challenge our popular assumptions. — Ken Burns
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part. — David Byrne
I can't really criticize the Tea Party people, because I came into the White House pretty much on the same basis that they have become… — Jimmy Carter
My paintings have gotten to be pretty popular and I've taken a little bit more interest in painting the last few years. In fact, my… — Jimmy Carter
Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel that they are helpless, that… — Noam Chomsky
Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth. — Noam Chomsky
The popular idea that a child forgets easily is not an accurate one. Many people go right through life in the grip of an idea… — Agatha Christie
I'm not an elected official who puts a finger in the wind to see what the majority thinks; I represent women, whether they're popular or… — Gloria Allred
All of us knows, not what is expedient, not what is going to make us popular, not what the policy is, or the company policy… — Maya Angelou
Freedom of expression - in particular, freedom of the press - guarantees popular participation in the decisions and actions of government, and popular participation is… — Corazon Aquino
It is the mark of our whole modern history that the masses are kept quiet with a fight. They are kept quiet by the fight… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
And all over the world, the old literature, the popular literature, is the same. It consists of very dignified sorrow and very undignified fun. Its… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular success literature that… — Stephen Covey
I think one of the reasons I'm popular again is because I'm wearing a tie. You have to be different. — Tony Bennett
I felt a responsibility to present a viable alternative to the popular electric sound. — Ron Carter
Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won't cure a cold. — Unknown Author
I knew it was really, really popular when my granny told me she watched it, and was addicted. When your granny is interested, you know… — Davina McCall

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