A Quote by Erin McKean

All language is a popularity contest.

Erin McKean

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Contest Language Popularity Popularity Contest

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Erin McKean
American - Editor
Born: 1971

I'm not in this business to win a popularity contest, I just want to be a good actor. Well, you've failed at being a good actor. Why not try for the popularity contest?

Roger Moore

Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest.

Paul Polman

Life is not a popularity contest

Susun Weed

I'm not here to win a popularity contest.

Gary Bettman

Ultimately the Emmys are a popularity contest.

William Devane

The presidency is more than a popularity contest.

Al Gore

Art has never been a popularity contest.

James Levine

It's not a popularity contest to me. It should always be about the music.

Gabriella Wilson

I didn't go into politics because I wanted to win a popularity contest.

Andrew Lansley

Making economic policy isn't a popularity contest, especially when financial markets are in a panic.

David Ignatius

Sometimes music can really seem like a popularity contest with beautiful people.

Tom Walker

I'm not here to win a popularity contest. I'm here to work and have a career. Let the haters hate. I'm ready for the criticism.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

Gore will not win a popularity contest, he will not win a personality contest, but he can win an idealogical battle, and he can win a battle of experience.