To get greater than 100% return on a growth step, give up defensiveness. Defensiveness stifles performance, and destroys relationships. — Henry Cloud Copy Share Image
INTENTION, n. The mind's sense of the prevalence of one set of influences over another set; an effect whose cause is the… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
A great song can come from anybody. A great performance can come from anybody. It doesn't matter who you are, and that's… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
Before the whole [music] business was calibrated around the selling of records. I never could have imagined that live performance would become… — Arthur Fogel Copy Share Image
I've been in a poor physical shape many times in my career and I've had some of my best results. My best… — Kelly Slater Copy Share Image
Women should not allow themselves to be caught up in the hype that says performance, meaning the motions, is what matters. — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
It seems a strange thing, but once I was able to get past that kind of self-image problem, I was able to… — Amy Poehler Copy Share Image
For us is the life of action, of strenuous performance of duty; let us live in the harness, striving mightily; let us… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I would love to do more movies. I'd like to get into some theater, too, if I could, just to learn more.… — Jason Dohring Copy Share Image
There are these rare moments when musicians together touch something sweeter than they've ever found before in rehearsals or performance, beyond the… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
I'm in awe of how grounded Ms. Tyson is and how her performances can be different but the same. She can switch… — Adepero Oduye Copy Share Image
God must've had a blast. painting the stripes on the zebra, hanging the stars in the sky, putting the gold in the… — Max Lucado Copy Share Image
There are all sorts of reasons why I don't do much work in the theatre, the main one being that after two… — Peter Cushing Copy Share Image
In the (film) industry, body size doesn't matter. What matters is how much an actor contributes through his performance and not his… — Deepika Padukone Copy Share Image
I know, for me, you know, my generation - I never would have known anything about Robert Preston's performance in 'The Music… — John Lloyd Young Copy Share Image
In this fight I want to show people who are in poverty, downtrodden or denied that you can succeed. I want my… — Tavoris Cloud Copy Share Image
We're (also) looking for a good people person who is able to motivate others and get strong performances out of people. — Kenneth Lay Copy Share Image
The lesson is: Even if you know exactly what is going on in you system, measure performance, don't speculate. You'll learn something,… — Ron Jeffries Copy Share Image
The audience I'm targeting doesn't care about the language spoken in the films they watch. They're interested in more important things like… — Chika Anadu Copy Share Image
It took me twenty years study and practice to work up to what I wanted to play in this performance. How can… — Miles Davis Copy Share Image
I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me… — Orson Welles Copy Share Image
The comments you'll get from a filmmaker about your performance are going to be very different. My writing workshop is about mixing… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
All the rich people collect traditional Chinese art. So it's very natural for Chinese families to still see art as the highest… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I'm satisfied with the way I play, but I don't evaluate my performances. I worry about what I can contribute defensively. I… — Patrick Ewing Copy Share Image
Our performance during this World Cup has not been enough to progress further and both myself and all the players regret that… — David Beckham Copy Share Image
... All the drivers that started the replace-tape-with-disk movement in the first place - reliability, performance, portability and off-site data movement -… — George Arthur Crump Copy Share Image
Responsibilites and expectations are the basis of guilt and shame and judgement, and they provide the essential framework that promotes performance as… — William P. Young Copy Share Image
A lot of writers, because they don't understand actors, feel like, in order to be better at their performance, they have to… — Giovanni Ribisi Copy Share Image
My preference is live performance, because you get the feedback. There's an energy. It's live theater. That's why I think actors like… — Robin Williams Copy Share Image
It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back… — Pete Townshend Copy Share Image
Mary Kay knew that when you put people first and then surround them with processes and disciplines that recognize their efforts, performance… — David C. Novak Copy Share Image
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can… — Lukas Foss Copy Share Image
Actors tend to not know how their performances are going to actually be used. Even though the script says one thing, in… — Idris Elba Copy Share Image
Free speech is not to be regulated like diseased cattle and impure butter. The audience (in this case, the judge or the… — William O. Douglas Copy Share Image
People have thought that some of my writing and lines are done by a machine. I'm able to move in a way… — Jose Parla Copy Share Image
A coach once told me there are four factors that determine a players' performance: his tactical awareness, his physical condition, his technical… — Gary Neville Copy Share Image
When you're recording to tape, you usually just settle for what you have. There's not a lot of options to manipulate the… — Dave Grohl Copy Share Image
My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is… — Kimbra Copy Share Image
In some of the greatest recordings ever made, the performance is a part of the recording. Dylan's 'Rainy Day Women No. 12… — Moby Copy Share Image
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