Performance Quotes

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I spent a long time in London on the stage, and you knew exactly what you were going to be doing. You not only knew… — Daniel Sharman
If I see a great performance on television, onstage, in the movies, I go to work the next day with a renewed energy and less… — Elaine Stritch
I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound. — Amanda Palmer
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables… — Douglas Conant
The Tonys are the once-a-year shot for all of these shows and artists who work so diligently every single performance but only for a thousand… — Neil Patrick Harris
I just like surprising people. I never want to get to a place where people see that I am in a movie and they go… — John C. Reilly
A certain rough-around-the-edges improvisational looseness - a sense of something coming together before your eyes, or not quite - may be one of the things… — Roberta Smith
I like the encouragement I get from doing new things. I like to feel scared or challenged in the hope that I can pull it… — Joanne Whalley
A guy my size needs a tremendous amount of protein on a daily basis, just to maintain peak size, strength, and performance. Basically, that means… — Kevin Nash
I became fascinated by the fact that you could translate written material into performance. — Raymond Cruz
Growing up as a dancer, the stage is really where I love to be performance wise. — Jacob Artist
I was always more interested in the ultimate live performance rather than the recording for its own sake. And, for the audience too, that thrill… — Ian Anderson
My performance level has risen - and my anxiety-level has sky-rocketed. — Richard Lewis
My acting career began on the streets of New York. When I was a cop, I played many impressive roles, from derelict to a doctor,… — Frank Serpico
You worry just as much about great performance as you do about underperformance. — Mary Callahan Erdoes
As a multisport athlete, I was always fascinated with competition and how to win. At HBS and later at the Harvard Department of Economics, I… — Michael Porter
Any designer believes his gun is the best, and when its test performance is a bit less impressive compared to others, he feels bitterness and… — Mikhail Kalashnikov
There is no doubt that some plant food, such as oatmeal, is more economical than meat, and superior to it in regard to both mechanical… — Nikola Tesla
Performing is just standing up there and doing something. Performance takes on an edge to it. It has a more dramatic context. — Alan King
In the 1960s when the recording studio suddenly really took off as a tool, it was the kids from art school who knew how to… — Brian Eno

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