I always wanted to be a comedian and actor. I basically stumbled into the music medium, though. I'm OK, but that's about… — Bo Burnham Copy Share Image
Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works. — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
While I've never 'phoned in' a performance, I think I have given some performances where I could have been a bit braver. — James Nesbitt Copy Share Image
Public Schools too often fail because they are shielded from the very force that improves performance and sparks innovation in nearly every… — Bob Lutz Copy Share Image
While we very much regret the impact this will have on certain employees, we must adjust our production capacity to the reality… — Christopher Galvin Copy Share Image
I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of… — Abbas Kiarostami Copy Share Image
Stress such as you experience in exercise is what creates builds focus, strength, and the capability for expanded expression; and the same… — David Allen Copy Share Image
...the routine of life goes on, whatever happens, we do the same things, go through the little performance of eating, sleeping, washing.… — Daphne du Maurier Copy Share Image
I feel there's so much still to learn about acting. But there is some magic in the capturing of performance and in… — Ralph Fiennes Copy Share Image
Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will… — Damon Hill Copy Share Image
When 'Carmen' premiered in 1875, it was panned by the critics. It survived 45 performances. It was called a musical and moral… — Karen DeCrow Copy Share Image
I've been to strip clubs where the dancers have these whole routines that they create just for the wow factor and to… — Megalyn Echikunwoke Copy Share Image
Emily Kendal Frey's The Grief Performance is a book that condenses a journey of finding and re-finding loss into beautiful packages. The… — Dorothea Lasky Copy Share Image
James Gandolfini was a genius. Anyone who saw him even in the smallest of his performances knows that. He is one of… — David Chase Copy Share Image
The presidents poking fun at himself over what goes down. I thought it was a good-natured performance. It made him look good.… — Brit Hume Copy Share Image
I’ve learned that possibly the greatest detractor from high performance is fear: fear that you are not prepared, fear that you are… — Pete Carroll Copy Share Image
The reason dance has held such an ageless magic for the world is that it has been the symbol of the performance… — Martha Graham Copy Share Image
I think the 'Lethal Weapon' movies contain my favorite performances. It sounds really crummy, I know, but although the work doesn't look… — Mel Gibson Copy Share Image
Comics, as good as they might be, they didn't know much about performance. There aren't too many comics you could watch for… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish… — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
Humans are imperfect. That's one of the reasons that classical and jazz are in trouble. We're on the quest for the perfect… — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
I think that if you grow up trying to be the best then you have to be competitive because the more you… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
It is hard to mesmerize ourselves, to whip our own top; but through sympathy we are capable of energy and endurance. Concert… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
In a play, you can adjust your performance to audience reaction, but in a film, it's like you're trapped in a bad… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
I used to be very controlling with visuals and editing, and I would pretty much craft the performances; now I have learned… — Alfonso Cuaron Copy Share Image
I've always appreciated great acting performances, but I've even learned to appreciate not so great ones 'cause it's hard. — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
Law Number XV: The last 10 percent of performance generates one-third of the cost and two-thirds of the problems. — Norman Ralph Augustine Copy Share Image
Sometimes when I see a bad performance and people still clap... I wonder if they're clapping because they liked what they saw… — Kanye West Copy Share Image
My great wish is to go on in a strict but silent performance of my duty; to avoid attracting notice, and to… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm more a fan of old-school films with really interesting stories and good performances. That's what I'd like to do. — Dave Bautista Copy Share Image
I've been in plenty of situations where I thought the film would turn out one way or my performance would be looked… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
Well, no. I believe that it's not at all impossible that some of the performances that I've heard so far by some… — Leo Ornstein Copy Share Image
I remind myself: I am the best. I have the best. And I deserve the best. This is one of my personal… — Allison Holker Copy Share Image
I don't predict knockouts. The outcome and the performance I am looking for is a victory, nothing less than a victory. — Tavoris Cloud Copy Share Image
Performance for another in no way signals the inferiority of the performer to the one for whom the performance is intended. — Sandra Bartky Copy Share Image
We need to increase the capacity; we need to improve performance so that we are more effective at lending that kind of… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
The basic difference between classical music and jazz is that in the former the music is always graver than its performance -… — Andre Previn Copy Share Image
When I watch people like Cate Blanchett act, I don't know what is going on in her life, you just get lost… — Kate Bosworth Copy Share Image
Personal revelation, consecration of performance, attention to detail, and dependency on God-with these qualities you cannot fail. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
However, yes, especially as one gets older, you know, you really hope that your music will become more generally available, even though… — John Eaton Copy Share Image
