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"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."
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"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."
"For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful."
"Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare."
"The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten."
"When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause."
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"So when I do Chinese cooking, I mix everything together, then the kids have to eat their vegetables. They won't have the patience to pick them out."
"When I retire or pass away, I will be able to look back and say that this has been an exciting life. That's all that matters."
"I remember when I was in college, I used to watch Julia Child's cooking show during dinner and joke with my roommates about becoming a TV chef."
"Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent."
"Some people never contribute anything positive to society, they may even drain our resources, but most of us try to do something better, to give back."
"Chinese culture has a lot of virtues that are tremendously valuable to not only us as Asian-Americans, but also the world in general."
"At thirteen, when I arrived in Hong Kong after leaving China, I made a living by working in a restaurant."
"The problem with a lot of Chinese is that they put up divisions between Taiwanese, Hong Kong natives, mainlanders. We are never united. I really hope that the Chinese can be more united."
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