Performance Quotes

1516 quotes by 1228 authors

Does art have a future? Performance genres like opera, theater, music and dance are thriving all over the world, but the visual arts have been… — Camille Paglia
In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on… — Gwyneth Paltrow
The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive. — Gwyneth Paltrow
When a team outgrows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. — Joe Paterno
My wife will tell you that if you feel my hands before I walk on for a performance, you could chill a bottle of wine. — Mandy Patinkin
Even though I don't feel I need approval, it's still important to me to give a good performance. I'm hard on myself. — Michelle Pfeiffer
I try to see interviewing as performance art, and just take it as it comes. — Liz Phair
Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance. — Natalie Portman
I'm not really good at fun-to-know, human interest stuff. We're not 'celebrities', whose life itself is a performance. Good or bad or ugly, we are… — Terry Pratchett
The sixth Harry Potter film - I don't like my performance in that film at all. — Daniel Radcliffe
I'm not a photographer, so I didn't get into F-stops or ND filters or background, foreground, cross-light, all that stuff. But I was interested in… — Keanu Reeves
If I had a bad performance in a particular leotard, I threw it in the trash. — Mary Lou Retton
To me, as long as we've known each other, I've always thought Mick's most brilliant thing was that he could work in an area two… — Keith Richards
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for… — Pat Riley
I wouldn't do nudity in films. For me, personally... To act with my clothes on is a performance; to act with my clothes off is… — Julia Roberts
Giving a good performance, giving it all is what it's all about. I love to perform. — Henry Rollins
I've been looking at some video clips on YouTube of President Obama - then candidate Obama - going through Iowa making promises. The gap between… — Mitt Romney
Confidence... thrives on honesty, on honor, on the sacredness of obligations, on faithful protection and on unselfish performance. Without them it cannot live. — Franklin D. Roosevelt
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Be able to resign. It will improve your value to the President and do wonders for your performance. — Donald Rumsfeld

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