For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are… — Carlisle Floyd Copy Share Image
The third important ingredient for achieving peak performance is attitude. Attitude is how you deal with the inevitable adverse situations that occur… — Linda Bradford Raschke Copy Share Image
I've seen some of my favorite actors give bad performances, and I have to tell myself that failure is a part of… — Aya Cash Copy Share Image
The truth is, an actor's performance is the result of work by a lot more people than just the actor. When you… — Joseph Gordon-Levitt Copy Share Image
Too often, executive compensation in the U.S. is ridiculously out of line with performance. That won't change, moreover, because the deck is… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
The very foundation of our science is only an inference; far the whole of it rests an the unprovable assumption that, all… — William Morris Davis Copy Share Image
The core of the concept of a bribe is an inducement improperly influencing the performance of a public function meant to be… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
If a legislator is safe from competition, or if he represents groups with the same economic and political beliefs, he does not… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve? — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
In what may as well be starkly labelled smug satisfaction, an amazing 94% [of college instructors] rate themselves as above average teachers,… — K. Patricia Cross Copy Share Image
That sort of reputation which precedes performance [is] often the larger part of a man's fame. — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I make films from the heart. I want to concentrate on the job of doing great and honest performances, and I'm gonna… — John Abraham Copy Share Image
I don't care to analyze acting. On the other hand there is a fascination because distributors are putting out British films. You… — Tim Roth Copy Share Image
That's what's so satisfying about acting. You can come as prepared as you like, but there's no accounting for what's going to… — David Oyelowo Copy Share Image
A few performances have been left out of the various Woodstock soundtracks and film edits over the years, most notably The Grateful… — Shawn Amos Copy Share Image
To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For example, the character of Claire in In Dreams wasn't imagined enough by me. Annette Bening is a great actress, and she… — Neil Jordan Copy Share Image
A big fear of working with an actor that's never been a lead in a film before is that you're going to… — Sean Durkin 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
Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Performance is always oriented towards a spectator, towards an imagined audience and I was thinking who is their imagined audience? — Joshua Oppenheimer Copy Share Image
We certainly have to improve on our performances especially up front. It's not that the strikers are not in form, as all… — Roberto Mancini Copy Share Image
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