I grew up listening to Bernadette Peters, Patti LuPone, and Angela Lansbury, so I grew up wanting to sound like Patti and… — Susan Egan Copy Share Image
Cast not away your confidence because God defers his performances. That which does not come in your time, will be hastened in… — Matthew Henry Copy Share Image
The nice thing about live performance is that I've never, ever been let down. Partly I'm lucky that my audience self-selects itself.… — John Hodgman Copy Share Image
Music helps define the character and is an extension of the character somehow, so that you are able to use both the… — Alessandro Nivola Copy Share Image
In the world of physics we watch a shadowgraph performance of the drama of familiar life. The shadow of my elbow rests… — Arthur Eddington Copy Share Image
A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions… — George Kohlrieser Copy Share Image
Well, you would have to say what is the criteria to determine the success of any merger? It would have to be… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I did all the stuff that people do - film, performance, photography, pictures and words, words and pictures. In retrospect, I was… — David Salle Copy Share Image
I can't wait to design the performance. I want to make a moment that is about much more than me. Performing in… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Acting is not a genteel profession. Actors used to be buried at a crossroads with a stake through the heart. Those people's… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
To make a great movie is such a combination of different things that need to come into play to actually make a… — Edward Zwick Copy Share Image
Mentoring is all about people - it's about caring, about relationships and sensitivity. As it becomes increasingly in vogue it is becoming… — Rene Carayol Copy Share Image
I'm no diva but I can be annoying in a recording studio. Of course I try to be a diva in terms… — Nicole Scherzinger Copy Share Image
Of course there are some actors that are better than others and performances that are better than others, but they're always embedded… — James Franco Copy Share Image
I'm a high-performance athlete: I'm running, I'm sprinting, I'm sliding, I'm doing pretty much everything and the last thing I want to… — Serena Williams Copy Share Image
Men are enforced into a kind of silence about their gender; they're supposed to not think of it as a performance. That's… — Stephen Marche Copy Share Image
I think people were not expecting us [with Robert Ben Garant] to, they were just like, "Well here come the writers," but… — Thomas Lennon Copy Share Image
He who lives to see two or three generations is like a man who sits some time in the conjurer's booth at… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Patterns of these UFOs appearance and behavior suggest a limited range of sizes and shapes of unidentified craft, despite the often-desperate efforts… — Don Berliner Copy Share Image
For me, reggae music and its aesthetic are touchstones in both simple and complex ways. Reggae's capacity to be a folk music… — Kwame Dawes Copy Share Image
It's fun to play around... it's human nature to try to select the right horse... But for the average person, I'm more… — Charles R. Schwab Copy Share Image
My strongest quality as an actor is taking direction. I will give my performance as a template and if the director gives… — James Preston Rogers Copy Share Image
There's so many variables in comedy. Comedy is not this thing that's a performance like a play. It's really an interaction with… — B. J. Porter Copy Share Image
It's the old story. You might be able to fool your coaches, or your teammates, or your opponents. But, you can never… — Don Maynard Copy Share Image
For sure, with golf it's not a physically demanding sport like tennis. That's what makes tennis great - you combine both things.… — Rafael Nadal Copy Share Image
If I look at the performance of another friend Sting, whenever I hear him take over a stage and share his art… — Philippe Petit Copy Share Image
I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard.… — Forest Whitaker Copy Share Image
In piano, if you try to force hitting this key and that key, it's very broken. It's not pretty. When you're in… — Miranda Leek Copy Share Image
Eating, bathing, going to the toilet, talking, thinking, and many other activities related to the body are all work. How is it… — Ramana Maharshi Copy Share Image
I created a human being from paper and I put it on the screen, a unique individual. I wish every performance, every… — Jay Mohr Copy Share Image
You know that this vignette and that vignette belong side by side, you know that a certain turn of phrase you've been… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
I always wanted to give people the more exciting version of what I think a comedian should be - because I didn't… — Andrew Dice Clay Copy Share Image
While I used to make my living principally as a record producer, as time went on, I had to depend more and… — Todd Rundgren Copy Share Image
I don't think it's necessary to be an actor to get great performances out of an actor. But I do think it… — Steve Buscemi Copy Share Image
Whenever I'm waiting behind the stage, it's kind of like my normal Jackie mode is me talking a lot, playing around, but… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
I want us to be judged by the impact we have on the health of the people of Africa and the health… — Margaret Chan Copy Share Image
Golf is the only-est sport. You're completely alone with every conceivable opportunity to defeat yourself. Golf brings out your assets and liabilities… — Hale Irwin Copy Share Image
I was never able to analyze my own performance that way I can now. I've realized why certain actors work. I think… — Steve Dildarian Copy Share Image
If you've been in a film that's seen by millions and millions and millions of people, you're more likely to be recognized… — Ian Mckellen Copy Share Image
I was excited to play Lil' Kim and I wanted to do the role justice. I worked really hard on that role,… — Naturi Naughton Copy Share Image
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![“I'm really excited that people are receiving my performance like this. It makes me feel good, because I've been working really hard. And this character [Idi Amin], I worked particularly hard on. But I don't want to get too caught up in it, because first of all, it could lead to a great…” quote by Forest Whitaker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/80d/forest-whitaker-3022_caught_i-m-really-excited-that-people-are-recei_27708.jpg)
