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"We seem to have set up some very arcane rules as to when it is actually OK to applaud."
Rules
"The sheer force of the music calls for a wild audience reaction."
Music
"Even if you don't like a concert of mine, please, please applaud at the end anyway."
End
"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."
Applause
"Sometimes I wish that applause would come just a bit later, when it is so beautifully hushed that I feel like holding my breath in the silence of the end."
Applause
"I have been trying to find out exactly when listeners and performers decided that applause between movements would not be allowed, but nobody seems to have been willing to admit that they were the culprit."
Applause
"Mozart often wrote to his family that certain variations or sections of pieces were so successful that they had to be encored immediately, even without waiting for the entire piece to end."
Family
"If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job."
Experience
"I have always thought that my ear is also very influenced by my eyes."
Thought
"Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players."
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"How is it the great pieces of good luck fall to us?"
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Personal Development
"Good night, and good luck."
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Personal Development
"We could use some good luck. That doesn't mean we'll get it."
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"Luck is a word devoid of sense nothing can exist without a cause."
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"Good luck' is like the shadow of a tree, for some time it gives comfort to a traveler but it doesn't go ahead with a traveler."
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"...luck is not to be coerced."
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"Luck always favors those who are bold."
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"A broken mirror is good luck if you want it to be."
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"Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect."
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"Million-to-one chances...crop up nine times out of ten."
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