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

Martin Yan, Chinese Celebrity
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"The hoopla, the applause, the praises have never excited me."

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

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

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

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