Sometimes the ensemble 'Eighth Blackbird' will have performances and invite me to be a featured soloist. I think that is what they… — Will Oldham Copy Share Image
My dear sisters, do not pray for tasks equal to your abilities, but pray for abilities equal to your tasks. Then the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
If you're always in a hurry, always trying to get ahead of the other guy, or someone else's performance is what motivates… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Jazz exemplifies artistic activity that is at once individual and communal, performance that is both repetitive and innovative, each participant sometimes providing… — Mary Catherine Bateson Copy Share Image
As lovely as people are to me about my performance, I'm still a huge critic. I like very little of what I… — Daniel Gillies Copy Share Image
It is tragic that we have lost one of our nation's finest actors in the prime of his life. Heath Ledger's diverse… — Kevin Rudd Copy Share Image
Puppets are pure form then ideas for performance come out of that. It's always the form and the visuals and that's why… — Wayne White Copy Share Image
There's one thing you can't download and that's a live performance. And I know how to put on a show, and enjoy… — Madonna Ciccone Copy Share Image
I love 'Cheers.' I didn't watch it growing up, but I watched it getting ready to do the first season of 'New… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
'Funny People' is my favorite performance of myself to date. Even though it's a comedy and there are serious moments, I really… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
Congratulation s to my friends and all the team of famous the Dance of the Vampires! As the Chagal of the German… — Jerzy Jeszke Copy Share Image
As leaders, we're giving out grades in every encounter we have with people. We can choose to give out grades as an… — Benjamin Zander Copy Share Image
I think you've got to take the risks. There's no point playing it safe, because either you'll get bored or the audiences… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
There is a reality to the way the actors play the scenes, given that there is a real, animatronic, moving robot in… — Shawn Anthony Levy Copy Share Image
Anyone with special abilities earns a differential return on that flair, which we economists call a rent. Those few with extraordinary P.Q.… — Paul Samuelson Copy Share Image
I had serious performance stage fright. I kept my singing to the confines of my shower and car, while doing the dishes,… — Michelle Chamuel Copy Share Image
Of the One O'Clock Lab Band after hearing their performance, and sitting in with them at the White House: "I wish it… — Duke Ellington Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance. — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and… — Cat Osterman Copy Share Image
The part that I felt most comfortable with going in was just working with actors and trying to make them feel comfortable… — Jennifer Westfeldt Copy Share Image
Money can extinguish intrinsic motivation, diminish performance, crush creativity, encourage unethical behavior, foster short-term thinking, and become addictive. — Daniel H. Pink Copy Share Image
The worst thing that can happen is that the effect that they create behind you is bigger than the performance you're putting… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
Pay close attention to detail in whatever it is you are doing. Be specific and expect quality from your performance. — Robert Cheeke Copy Share Image
The ephemeral nature of live performance is the part I love most - it's a monk's sand painting, carefully constructed, then wiped… — Rosanne Cash Copy Share Image
Earlier this month the State Department gave the umpteenth performance of its popular play, Please Tread on Me, with Ceylon as guest… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or… — Julie Taymor Copy Share Image
When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it… — Hiromi Copy Share Image
Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain… — Andy Serkis 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
I would say that I am proud of my performance from Cracker and I think a lot of that was due to… — Boti Bliss Copy Share Image
The one aspect I do love about digital is I love to push performance and I love to roll and roll and… — James Mangold Copy Share Image
I met the [Frank] Sinatra family for a [performance] I did for his hundredth birthday and one of the first things Sinatra's… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
The plain state of being human is dramatic enough for anyone; you don't need to be a heroin addict or a performance… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
It is not always a matter of wild ovations and legendary performances. Sometimes you are just happy to get through an opera… — Luciano Pavarotti Copy Share Image