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Applause Quotes

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

"We should welcome applause whenever it comes."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

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"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."

"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity

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"The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten."

"The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten."

Warren Cuccurullo, American Musician

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"I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!"

"I received the most fantastic welcome to the Broadway Theatre community. I walked on stage to tremendous applause and a long standing ovation, wondering when I was ever going to be able to say my first line!"

Elaine Paige, English Musician

Applause, Community, First, Theatre

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"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."

"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."

Randy West, American Entertainer

Applause, Enjoyment, Feeling, Hearing

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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."

"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."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Applause, End, Silence

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"Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily."

"Applause felt like approval, and it became a drug that soothed the pain, but only temporarily."

Anita Baker, American Musician

Applause, Approval, Pain

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"Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward."

"Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward."

Carol Channing, American Actress

Applause, Duty, Laughter, Reward

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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."

"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."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

Applause, Spirit

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"I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get."

"I thank you in advance for the great round of applause I'm about to get."

Bo Diddley, American Musician

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"When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause."

"When I got through, Duke Ellington stood up and started the applause."

Ruth Brown, American Musician

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"Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare."

"Occasionally if you do something extraordinary, the crew responds with spontaneous applause, but that's very rare."

Claudia Christian, American Actress

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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."

"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."

Emanuel Ax, Ukrainian Musician

Applause, Trying

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"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys."

"Glorious bouquets and storms of applause are the trimmings which every artist naturally enjoys."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

Applause, Artist, Storms

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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."

"Expressions of disapproval are on a level of vulgarity that cannot be tolerated. The way to express disapproval is to do without applause."

Rudolf Bing, Austrian Musician

Applause, Vulgarity

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"What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it."

"What good are fans? You can't eat applause for breakfast. You can't sleep with it."

Bob Dylan, American Musician

Applause, Fans, Sleep

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"From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter."

"From day one, I got addicted to being on stage and getting the applause and laughter."

Zac Efron, American Actor

Applause, Being, Day, Laughter

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