Performance Quotes

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I mean yes 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
Nutrition is also a valuable component that can help athletes both protect themselves and improve performance. — Bill Toomey
The East Germans first used biomechanics. This meant that rather than guessing about technique and form, they could apply changes to athletic performance based on… — Bill Toomey
It wasn't just about flashing lights and pinball machines blowing up and things like that. It was about using encores, bringing back the good songs… — Pete Townshend
Not only am I constantly seeking better performance but also to be a better person, to be respected. — Yani Tseng
I always believe that every one of us is working hard not only for our own performance but also to give something significant back to… — Yani Tseng
I went to performing arts high school, and I took dance and acting every day. Then, I went to Marymount Manhattan College and I have… — Jenna Ushkowitz
The white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to… — Ethel Waters
I feel like at the Olympics I gave the best performance of my life and I wasn't rewarded for that as an athlete. Yes, my… — Johnny Weir
Bono told me how to dance in high heels and he also told me about U2's Glastonbury performance and how everything that could have possibly… — Florence Welch
During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment,… — Florence Welch
I'm never certain of a performance - my own or the other actors' - or the script or anything... But to me it seems there's… — Orson Welles
An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises. — Mae West
So I won an Oscar. It's amazing. I've got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly… — Kate Winslet
Even people that know Johnny Cash's music really well and know that he was married don't really know that much about June Carter. So finding… — Reese Witherspoon
No machines will ever truly fully figure the brain out, because the brain's performance is constantly altered or else constrained by this inanimate, rogue artifact… — Tom Wolfe
So I'm one of the few celebrities that got to do a repeat performance on 'The Simpsons,' which I'm very flattered by. — Al Yankovic
In 1949 there was a new thing called Television, to which my agency and advisers opposed as a performance medium. — Loretta Young
Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something. — Frank Zappa
Classical stuff takes a lot of rehearsal time and preparation, but with stuff that involves improvisation, you can over-rehearse it and it gets stale. You… — John Zorn

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