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Acclaim is a distraction. -- James Broughton
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the blood of his followers and the sacrifices of his friends. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
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 refine it. -- James Ellroy
I can tell you there are rewards that go far beyond money and public acclaim and awards. -- Michael Jackson
The acclaim for Razorhurst means even more to me than usual because, let's be honest, Razorhurst is weird. -- Justine Larbalestier
Fatherhood, to me, isn't something you do for awards or acclaim. It's a privilege and a huge responsibility -- Dwyane Wade
The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair. -- Robert Breault
An artist doesn't necesetharily have to get acclaim from the outside. Maybe it is much better if he can get validation from within. -- Aaron Rose
And I refused to make any sacrifices; for nothing on earth seemed more valuable than my peace of mind, my pleasure and my acclaim. -- George Sand
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 him. -- Laozi
What I like so much about photography is precisely the moment that cannot be anticipated; one must be constantly on the alert, ready to acclaim the unexpected. -- Martine Franck
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 and acclaim the world. -- Gerald Brenan
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 the greatest number of people happy. -- Karl Marx
You are successful if you are able to work on the kind of material that you want to - if your life conforms to your dreams, regardless of outside acceptance or acclaim. -- James Franco
Everyone wants to be liked, so of course you want critical acclaim. After that, box office acclaim isn't bad. More than anything I think you have to try and make something you're proud of. -- Cary Fukunaga
Despite their rising international acclaim, Sachal Studios remains virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task: to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan's narrowing cultural sphere. -- Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy
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 simple warmth of love's fire, cause it's cold on the dark side of fame. -- Waylon Jennings
Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted. -- Will Arnett
The key is realizing - and believing - that this world is not your home. If you and I ever hope to free our lives from worldly desires, worldly thinking, worldly pleasures, worldly dreams, worldly ideals, worldly values, worldly ambitions, and worldly acclaim, then we must focus our lives on another world. -- David Platt
A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Eric Roberts, for all the criticism he gets, is at least having fun with the script. His decision to devour large swaths of scenery locate him firmly in the tradition of Graham Crowden and Joseph Furst. Which is to say that he's not destined for fan acclaim, but he's easy to like if you're of the mind to. -- Phillip Sandifer
I became a war hero before going on to critical acclaim as a professional victim. -- Dave Pelzer
12 Years a Slave' was very powerful, very moving, and deserved all of the acclaim it did get. -- Glynn Turman
It doesn't matter who you are, how many awards you've won, how popular you are, or how much critical acclaim you've had. -- David Guterson
You work really hard to make it, and maybe you get some acclaim, but then you realize there are certain limitations as an actor. -- James Franco
A tendency to focus on art over business has meant that too many designers have failed to make the most of their critical acclaim. -- Natalie Massenet
The acclaim I'm getting for 'The Wrestler' means everything in the world to me. But it also means I can't take my foot off the gas pedal. -- Mickey Rourke
I always talk to my students about the need to write for the joy of writing. I try to sort of disaggregate the acclaim from the act of writing. -- Kim Edwards
We took 'BFF' around to try and take it somewhere else because we were really proud of it, and it had gotten all that critical acclaim, and Twitter fans were going crazy about it. -- Lennon Parham
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 think he's amazing to work with, so I was super lucky. -- Nat Wolff
There are so many things to think about when you make an album. Like, who am I trying to impress? Am I going to get respect, critical acclaim? Or am I going to sell lots of records? -- Ellie Goulding
I've always wanted to be on a show that's well respected and had critical acclaim and that people like to watch, and at the same time find something that, for me, as an actor, is interesting and challenging. -- Mike Colter
No, Arrested Development was such an amazing experience in every way, and you know it was very unique in that it was a show that received a lot of critical acclaim, and yet we didn't ever achieve the ratings that we wanted. -- Will Arnett
But 'Memento' was so successful, such a huge cult hit, almost on the scale of a large film. If that had happened, with all the acclaim, before the next job, I'd have found it very difficult to figure out what to do next. -- Christopher Nolan
Did you ever stop to think that a great man in life who has won great acclaim and great reputation is the very man who is willing to share and give the honor to others in the doing of things that made him great? -- Charles M. Schwab
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 are designed to run commercially, and neither do you want to do things that get acclaim but don't run. -- Saif Ali Khan
Science Fiction: Any scientific acclaim that omits God -- Johnny Hart
Affirm and acclaim 120 years of blessed life from the Creator. -- Lailah Gifty Akita
Real writers write because they love to write. They don't write for public acclaim. -- Chuck Palahniuk
The intelligent employer encourages challenge, questioning--not blind acceptance and "our Leader knows best" acclaim. -- Mary Barnett Gilson
The whole world might know you and acclaim you, but someone in the past, forever unreachable, forever unknowing, spoils it all. -- Isaac Asimov
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Success is no proof of virtue. In the case of a book, quick acclaim is presumptive evidence of a lack of substance and originality. -- Walter Kaufmann
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
You're not going out there to make a living out of it by selling records. You want acclaim and you want to know people are listening. -- Kevin Drew
If I had not been a Shadowhunter, I would have had a future on the stage. I have no doubt I would have been greeted with acclaim. -- Cassandra Clare
Kind of the critical acclaim of this movie [La La Land] is that it's striking a chord with the public in a way that has been really beautiful and powerful. -- John Legend
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 begun to tap my inner resources. -- Walter Russell
Every author believes, when his first book is published, that those that acclaim it are his personal friends or impersonal peers, while its revilers can only be envious rogues and nonentities. -- Nabokov Vladimir

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