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"Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause."
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"Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause."
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"What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it."
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"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys."
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"To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still."
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"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."
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"Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare."
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"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."
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"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."
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"From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter."
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"The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten."
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"I prefer to remember the happy things over 10 years, the things that went well. Let me see, what did go well?"
Years
"Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause."
Applause
"We are similar to a museum. My function is to present old masterpieces in modern frames."
Old
"I am perfectly happy to believe that nobody likes us but the public."
Public
"The opera always loses money. That's as it should be. Opera has no business making money."
Business
"There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again."
Life
"How nice the human voice is when it isn't singing."
Singing
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