I'm certainly not one of those actors who remain in a dark place the entire time in order to be doing the… — Matthew Rhys Copy Share Image
In his very rejection of art Walt Whitman is an artist. He tried to produce a certain effect by certain means and… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The best way to improve children's performance in the classroom may be to take them out of it. — Tara Parker-Pope Copy Share Image
Being an athlete is a state of mind which is not bound by age, performance or place in the running pack. — Jeff Galloway Copy Share Image
Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point. — Tony DiCicco Copy Share Image
Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work… — Dan Gable Copy Share Image
My dad read The Hobbit to me originally when I was young. So, it was the first imaginary landscape I ever had… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
Physiologists and high-performance trainers understand now that the concept of 110 percent is no longer a smart way to train. Fitness is… — Sally Jenkins Copy Share Image
There are some pretty obvious ways of benchmarking creativity. One way is to perform what I call a creativity audit, which is… — John Kao Copy Share Image
One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
When one is working out a problem ... life becomes duality. One's ego transacts the ordinary routine of things, as if the… — Alice Foote MacDougall Copy Share Image
What I want is that I can match my performances during training so I can be satisfied with myself. — Liu Xiang Copy Share Image
It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Nobody can misunderstand a boy like his own mother. Mothers at present can bring children into the world, but this performance is… — Norman Douglas Copy Share Image
One does not avoid incompetence if one makes an attempt whose likelihood of success is too low. This seems little more than… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
The dilemma of Brechtian performance is that, for all of Brecht's emphasis on rationality and the undermining of theatrical illusion, the actor… — Philip Auslander Copy Share Image
Too often we're happy to receive thanks from the nonprofits we fund, accepting gratitude instead of feedback or performance measurements. — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen 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
For some roles, like when I was doing Bent, that was harder and I didn't find that helpful because I was so… — Patrick Heusinger Copy Share Image
Whenever I did a good performance, my Dad and my uncles, who were rabid movie fans, took me to the movies. There… — Mel Torme 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
Even though L.A Confidential box-office was a fraction of, say, Titanic or the Grinch movie, it finds its audience and will continue… — Curtis Hanson Copy Share Image