Performance Quotes

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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently… — Joseph Addison
Actors should be overheard, not listened to, and the audience is 50 percent of the performance. — Shirley Booth
America is the civilization of people engaged in transforming themselves. In the past, the stars of the performance were the pioneer and the immigrant. Today,… — Harold Rosenberg
Ballet dancers are a self-chosen elite. To survive and surmount years of disciplinary preparation and seasons of even more arduous performance requires rigid determination and… — Lincoln Kirstein
A dance performance is rather like going out into a battlefield. You have to hold the attention of as many as five to 10,000 people… — Yamini Krishnamurthy
Conflict is what creates drama. The more conflict actors find, the more interesting the performance. — Michael Shurtleff
An actor is looking for conflict. Conflict is what creates drama. We are taught to avoid trouble [so] actors don't realize they must go looking… — Michael Shurtleff
The audience is the most revered member of the theater. Without an audience, there is no theater. Everything done is ultimately for the enjoyment of… — Viola Spolin
At the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre, Sanford Meisner said, 'When you go into the professional world, at a stock theatre somewhere, backstage, you will… — David Mamet
Yoga, an ancient but perfect science, deals with the evolution of humanity. This evolution includes all aspects of one's being, from bodily health to self… — B.K.S. Iyengar
Faithfulness in the performance of small duties gives us strength to adhere to difficult determinations that life will someday force us to make. — Paramahansa Yogananda
Accepting the key premise that the learner is the primary customer of schooling means others follow naturally. ... The core business of schooling is learning,… — David Hood
Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills,… — John Eliot
A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Coaching is unlocking a person's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them. — Timothy Gallwey
Realize that the reason most people fail isn't because of the competition but because of the limits they place upon themselves, allowing defeat to take… — Bruce Jenner
Every time you compete, try harder to improve on your last performance. Give nothing short of your very best effort. — Elgin Baylor
Every day the word 'gift' is used to define talent, ability, and performance. Being gifted has an even deeper meaning, a meaning that isn't always… — Alan Cohen
When you do music concerts at Taj Mahal and the Acropolis, you have to be careful about your performance being appropriate with the place that… — Yanni
I believe in fairy tales. They are the basis of all our performance of storytelling and film-making - when we twist the real events of… — Charles Sturridge

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