A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
In theater, you're in charge of your performance, and at the end of the day you're the one who gets credit because… — Jonathan Groff Copy Share Image
Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and,… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The only acting you ever see at the Oscars is when people act like they’re not mad they lost. Nicole Kidman was… — Chris Rock Copy Share Image
I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
There's got to be a backbone, there's got to be a skeleton to the whole way I perform, but you never want… — Casey Abrams Copy Share Image
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
When people say (nice) things you take them as compliments and it's nice, but it won't help you win your next game.… — Greg Maddux Copy Share Image
New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time… — Andrew Cuomo Copy Share Image
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
I loved putting on stories as plays when I was just six. I was the director, the actress and the set designer;… — Mili Avital Copy Share Image
I'm interested in doing anything and everything that I can to squeeze the creativity out of my brain. I guess I'm kind… — Dane Cook Copy Share Image
...how can we live in the richest, most privileged country in the world, at the peak of its economic performance, and still… — Paul Wellstone Copy Share Image
I find that 'Ghostbusters' and 'Alien' actually have a lot in common in that they're both so naturalistic in the performances. It… — Akiva Schaffer Copy Share Image
When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance, it becomes literature. That intensity may be a… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
After watching a couple of live performances of bands like Nirvana, I was really excited and inspired by how raw and powerful… — Panda Bear Copy Share Image
One of the things I most wanted to do in New York was to go to a performance by Martha Graham. For… — Eugene Walter Copy Share Image
You're never in control. That - that is the greatest fallacy of the - you know, there's over 200 people that it… — Sandra Bullock Copy Share Image
When the brain isn't working properly and we don't understand how to calibrate the brain for optimal performance we are going to… — John Assaraf Copy Share Image
There is something that you have that no one else ever had ... When you watch Kirk's [Douglas] performance in anything, in… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
For a companion, I require one who will make an equal demand on me with my own genius. Such a one will… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
One of the most striking and fundamental things about probability theory is that it leads to an understanding of the otherwise strange… — Warren Weaver Copy Share Image
I rebelled by not getting straight A's and not following the path that my elder sister did. She was valedictorian and is… — Jennifer Garner Copy Share Image
I guess why the Ocean's films are hard for me is because on the one hand you have to make sure the… — Steven Soderbergh Copy Share Image
To be successful in anything, a person must always want to be better, not only than your opponent but better than your… — Hale Irwin Copy Share Image
I think that is funny to say because I've always loved her work and her strength and vulnerability, and the intensity of… — Ellen Page Copy Share Image
At that elusive moment when we transcend our ordinary performance and feel in harmony with something else-whether it's a glorious sunset, inspiring… — Doc Childre Copy Share Image
I have a variety of ways that I make music, but I'm working with the Thingamajigs in a particular way, which is:… — Pauline Oliveros Copy Share Image
The harmony of the nation is promoted and the whole Union is knit together by the sentiments of mutual respect, the habits… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
A good coach is postive. Your job when coaching is not correcting mistakes, finding fault, and assessing blame. Instead, your function is… — Marshall Cook Copy Share Image
The Pink Panther wasn't shown to the press for reasons that soon became apparent when I saw it at a public performance.… — Philip French Copy Share Image
When I was probably in middle school I saw the mini series Angels in America for the first time and I think… — Grace Phipps Copy Share Image
The candidates before you know that the IFP has set up a system of deployed IFP national and provincial leaders who are… — Mangosuthu Buthelezi Copy Share Image
If you're trying to make someone happy, you gotta try and make them happy. If you're trying to have a normal conversation,… — Jonah Hill Copy Share Image
I was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes… — Erika M. Anderson Copy Share Image
There is so much more information about the scientific world than there was a generation ago that we have all increased our… — Ellen Goodman Copy Share Image
In the long, nonillustrious history of white people pilfering African American culture, have I just perpetrated that? I'm motivated by a love… — Moby Copy Share Image
It's always interesting to watch people who have been incredibly successful in their own businesses work in a group made up of… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Ten years ago I also had a very difficult decision to make when we had (Carlo) Cudicini giving fantastic performances in Chelsea’s… — Jose Mourinho Copy Share Image
To act out something or take chances in the performance is one thing. But in terms of a camera, whatever's captured is… — Lily Tomlin Copy Share Image
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