Art has never been a popularity contest.
It's dangerous to think too much about how a film will be received. Filmmaking is not a popularity contest. Some would disagree.
Leadership is not a contest of likeability. Leadership often boils down to making the tougher choices. You are not in a popularity contest.
You don't have to like me as a person - I understand that I can get on people's nerves with the antics I do in the ring. This is not a popularity contest. I'm trying to do whatever I can to win the fight.
I'm not out there to win a popularity contest. I'm out there to win basketball games.
Leadership is not a popularity contest; it's about leaving your ego at the door. The name of the game is to lead without a title.
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.
I don't care whether people like me or dislike me. I'm not on earth to win a popularity contest. I'm here to be the best human being I possibly can be.
Sometimes music can really seem like a popularity contest with beautiful people.
Why don't the Grammys matter? Because it feels rigged and cheap - like a popularity contest that the insiders club has decided.
