Performances Quotes

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Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Of government, at least in democratic states, it may be said briefly that it is an agency engaged wholesale, and as a matter of solemn… — H. L. Mencken
Performance of one's duties should be independent of public opinion. — Mahatma Gandhi
This is a long tough road we have to travel. The men that can do things are going to be sought out just as surely… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
The effective executive knows that it is easier to raise the performance of one leader than it is to raise the performance of a whole… — Peter Drucker
Don't lower your expectations to meet your performance. Raise your level of performance to meet your expectations. Expect the best of yourself, and then do… — Ralph Marston
The most beautiful sight this earth affords is a man or woman so filled with love that duty is only a name, and its performance… — J. G. Holland
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
In film, other actors' performances really are not your concern. If the other actor isn't giving you what you want, act as though he were. — Michael Caine
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

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