A Quote by Paul F. Tompkins

When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst. Here's what cheering is: "Look at me!" That's what cheering is. Cheering is not "Hey, I agree with what you're saying"; cheering is "I'm liking this more than anybody else!"

Paul F. Tompkins

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Paul F. Tompkins
American - Comedian
Born: September 12, 1968

When the response to comedy becomes cheering instead of laughing, that is so irritating. It's the worst.

Paul F. Tompkins

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Honestly, I don't really care what people say on Twitter or what they say if they are cheering for me or not cheering for me.

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Roy Jones Jr.

When I go to an opera performance and sit there while people are cheering and shouting "bravo," I sometimes ask myself what exactly they're cheering about. And I even see myself as an artist who also knows how to enjoy other people's performances.

Thomas Quasthoff

When you're out there in the octagon and you've got thousands of people, millions across the world, either cheering for you to win or cheering for you to get knocked out, the adrenaline is going, so it doesn't hurt while you're out there. Now fast forward to about an hour and a half to two hours after the fight? Oh yes. It's pretty painful.

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