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Like Cato, give his little senate laws, and sit attentive to his own applause. ↗

A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ↗

— Alec Waugh

#confident #desires #doubting #himself #his

Applause should be an emotional response to the music, rather than a regulated social duty. ↗

— Emanuel Ax

#duty #emotional #music #rather #regulated

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

#allowed #applause #been #between #culprit

Part of me would love to have been a leading lady because there's a lot of glamour that goes with that and a lot of applause, but I've been very blessed. ↗

— Selma Blair

#because #been #blessed #glamour #goes

The applause was so loud and insistent that I had to respond with several encores. I was numb with happiness, when it was over, I knew that this alone must be my life and my world. ↗

— Leni Riefenstahl

#applause #encores #had #happiness #i

For those of you in the cheap seats I'd like ya to clap your hands to this one; the rest of you can just rattle your jewelry! ↗

— John Lennon

#beatles #concerts #jewelry #music #stage-patter

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause. ↗

— Willie Stargell

#deserve #feel #i #really

People come into public life for different reasons. None of us are ego-challenged, I think, or we probably wouldn't be doing what we're doing, so if anyone tells you that they don't like the sound of the applause and the ego gratification, I don't think they're being straight with you. ↗

— Evan Bayh

#applause #being #come #different #different reasons

The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping . ↗

— Dale Carnegie

#applause #happiness #keeping #outside #person