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• I never thought in a million years that I'd ever sell out back-to-back shows at The Garden. That's not to say, I never expected my career to take off. Still, it was a "Pinch Me, Wake Me Up" moment. I was like, "Wow! I can't believe this. That I'm actually here, and this is actually happening." And in that moment, when I was about to thank my fans for supporting me, I noticed that they were standing up clapping. It was overwhelming, and became a very emotional moment when I tried to thank them.

  Kevin Hart

  Believe, Emotional, Garden

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• The golden rule of drums is hands clapping and feet tapping, and when you are in and out of consciousness, you can't do that to best of your ability.

  Steven Adler

  Hands, Feet, Golden

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• There's lotion for your face, for your hands, for your feet, for your body. Why? What would happen if you put hand lotion on your feet? Would your feet get confused and start clapping? Each kind has something special in it - aloe, shea butter, coconut, cocoa butter, vanilla, lemon extract. That's not lotion. That's one ingredient short of a Bundt cake.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Confused, Hands, Cake

  "Seriously... I'm Kidding". Book by Ellen DeGeneres, www.goodhousekeeping.com. 2011.

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• The choreographed standing and clapping of one side of the room - while the other side sits - is unbecoming of a serious institution and the message that it sends is that even on a night when the president is addressing the entire nation, we in Congress cannot sit as one, but must be divided as two.

  Mark Udall

  Night, Two, President

  "Senator Pushes Bipartisan Seating Chart For State Of The Union" by Wes Barrett, www.foxnews.com. January 12, 2011.

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• "Hope to the last!" said Newman, clapping him on the back. "Always hope; that's dear boy. Never leave off hoping; it don't answer. Do you mind me, Nick? it don't answer. Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you've done the most you could. But, don't leave off hoping, or it's of no use doing anything. Hope, hope, to the last!"

  Charles Dickens

  Inspirational, Boys, Mind

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• ...Sometimes I dream that everything in the world is here, in my room, in a great closet, named and orderly, and I am here too, in front of it, hardly able to see for the flash and the brightness- and sometimes I am that madcap person clapping my hands and singing; and sometimes I am that quiet person down on my knees.

  Mary Oliver

  Dream, Hands, Singing

  Mary Oliver (2004). “Why I Wake Early: New Poems”, p.39, Beacon Press

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• With stand-up, it doesn't matter who you are. If the audience claps because they love your movies, that clapping stops after five seconds, and then it's your job to make them laugh.

  Aubrey Plaza

  Jobs, Love You, Laughing

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• What is the sound of one hand?

  Hakuin Ekaku

  Hands, Sound, Zen Proverb

  Hakuin Ekaku (2010). “The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin: A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu”, p.1, Shambhala Publications

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• I’m really only responsible to make sure that one person is clapping at the end of my life. Because I feel like as a performer, a lot of times you live for everyone else’s applause. That’s a dangerous thing within the church or outside the church.

  Jon Foreman

  Church, That One Person, Responsible

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• nerve, not talent, is the one necessary and sufficient trait for success. (Wouldn't it be ideal if it were talent? But talent with no nerve is like the sound of one hand clapping.

  Lynda Obst

  Courage, Hands, Sound

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• Step on a crack , you'll break your mama's back. Step on a stone, you'll end up all alone. Step on a stick, you're bound to get the Sick. Watch where you tread, you'll bring out all the dead. - A common children's playground chant, usually accompanied by jumping rope or clapping.

  Lauren Oliver

  Children, Jumping, Sick

  Lauren Oliver (2014). “Delirium: The Complete Collection: Delirium, Hana, Pandemonium, Annabel, Raven, Requiem”, p.27, Harper Collins

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• I believe in myself like a five-year-old believes in himself. They say look at me, look at me! Then they do a flip in the backyard. It won't even be that amazing, but everyone will be clapping for them.

  Kanye West

  Believe, Years, Backyards

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• What is the sound of one hand clapping? What is the weight of a single grain of sand? The answer is equal to my interest in the message you are about to leave. So make it short.

  Meg Cabot

  Hands, Voice, Sound

  "Boy Meets Girl (The Boy Series)". Book by Meg Cabot, January 6, 2004.

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• Mary bring out your umbrella - The sun shines down on this fine, fine day But the ashes raining down forever Are going to turn your hair to gray. Mary keep your oars a-steady Sail away on the rising flood Keep your candle at the ready Red tides can't be told from blood. - "Miss Mary" (a common child's clapping game, dating from the time of the blitz), from Pattycake and Beyond: A History of Play

  Lauren Oliver

  Children, Rain, Games

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• When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again.

  Anne Lamott

  Absurdity Of Life, Dancing, Laughing

  Anne Lamott (2007). “Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life”, p.237, Anchor

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• The time in between my clapping is ma. If you just have non-stop action with no breathing space at all, it's just busyness, But if you take a moment, then the tension building in the film can grow into a wider dimension. If you just have constant tension at 80 degrees all the time you just get numb.

  Roger Ebert

  Breathing Space, Degrees, Dimensions

  Roger Ebert (2003). “Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004”, p.740, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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• When "Here Comes the Sun" started, what happened? No, the sun didn't come out, but Mom opened up like the sun breaking through the clouds. You know how in the first few notes of that song, there's something about George's guitar that's just so hopeful? It was like when Mom sang, she was full of hope, too. She even got the irregular clapping right during the guitar solo. When the song was over, she paused. "Oh Bee," she said. "This song reminds me of you." She had tears in her eyes.

  Maria Semple

  Mom, Song, Eye

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• It began to drizzle rain and he turned on the windshield wipers; they made a great clatter like two idiots clapping in church.

  Flannery O'Connor

  Rain, Two, Church

  Flannery O'Connor (2015). “Wise Blood”, p.46, Faber & Faber

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• I walked backstage, standing ovation. Everyone was backstage clapping.

  The Miz

  Wwe, Ovation, Standing

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• What are you doing with all those books anyway?" Ron asked. Just trying to decide which ones to take with us," said Hermione. When we're looking for the Horcruxes." Oh, of course," said Ron, clapping a hand to his forehead. "I forgot we'll be hunting down Voldemort in a mobile library.

  J. K. Rowling

  Book, Hunting, Hands

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• I wonder what will happen if i put a hand cream on my feet, will they get confused and start clapping?

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Confused, Hands, Feet

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• Oh Esperanza!' said Isabel, jumping up and down and clapping.'I think my heart is dancing.

  Pam Muñoz Ryan

  Heart, Thinking, Jumping

  Pam Muñoz Ryan (2012). “Esperanza Rising”, p.157, Scholastic Inc.

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• The word translated, koan, it means a problem. But it's a very special problem. And to strip it down to the way it works, you are given a problem which has no rational solution. There is a contradiction built into it. One standard - one is this is the sound of two hands clapping. What is the sound of one hand clapping? And so on. All right, so the first thing is that it brings your rational mind to an impasse.

  Huston Smith

  Mean, Hands, Two

  Source: www.npr.org

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• Thank you ... San Francisco. All right, you're ruining the show. Thank you ... for clapping for what my parents are ashamed of.

  Daniel Tosh

  Funny, Humor, San Francisco

  "Daniel Tosh: Happy Thoughts". www.imdb.com. 2011.

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• It's an incredible feeling, 110,000 people energy at that level. What I realized from watching the first day of competition was that athletes that got excited and happy and got the fans into it and clapping, they did better. The athletes that took it too seriously, they didn't do as well as they'd hoped.

  Gabe Jennings

  Running, Athlete, People

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