Performances Quotes - Page 31

• 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, it is youth and the Black.

  Harold Rosenberg

  Change, Stars, Past

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• 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 almost mindless self-abnegation. One other factor is difficult to predetermine: without a certain admixture of hysteria - sometimes masking as self-obsession, sometimes even counterfeiting incipient madness - performers, at once acrobats, artists, and animals, make little public impression.

  Lincoln Kirstein

  Dance, Determination, Artist

  Lincoln Kirstein (1970). “Four Centuries of Ballet: Fifty Masterworks”, p.10, Courier Corporation

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• 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 a lot of whom do not follow your language.

  Yamini Krishnamurthy

  Dance, People, Ballet

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• 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 the audience. They are our guests, fellow players, and the last spoke in the wheel which can then begin to roll. They make the performance meaningful.

  Viola Spolin

  Meaningful, Player, Theatre

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• 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

  Giving, Acting, Actors

  Michael Caine (2000). “Acting in Film: An Actor's Take on Movie Making”, p.50, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• 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

  Life, Determination, Yoga

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• Like squirrels, the best in every business do what they have learned to do without questioning their abilities - they flat out trust their skills, which is why we call this high-performance state of mind the "Trusting Mindset."

  John Eliot

  Business, Skills, Squirrels

  John Eliot, PhD (2015). “Overachievement: The Science of Working Less to Accomplish More”, p.26, Diversion Books

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• A self-reinforcing upward spiral: performance stimulating pride stimulating performance.

  Rosabeth Moss Kanter

  Teamwork, Pride, Self

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• 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 over. Take responsibility for your destiny. You can come up with a performance, if you can reach down and dig deep enough into your competitive soul. You can overcome tremendous obstacles.

  Bruce Jenner

  Self Esteem, Responsibility, Destiny

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• 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 measured in points per game or win/loss records - it's measured by heart, effort, and desire.

  Alan Cohen

  Success, Sports, Heart

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• If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Character, Men, Judging

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Personality Development”, p.21, Advaita Ashrama

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• What sets apart high-performance teams, however, is the degree of commitment, particularly how deeply committed the members are to one another.

  Jon Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Educational, Commitment

  Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith (2016). “High-Performance Teams: The Katzenbach-Smith Collection (2 Books)”, p.154, Harvard Business Review Press

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• Real teams are much more likely to flourish if leaders aim their sights on performance results that balance the needs of customers, employees, and shareholders.

  Jon Katzenbach

  Teamwork, Real, Sight

  Jon Katzenbach, Douglas Smith (2015). “The Wisdom of Teams: Creating the High-Performance Organization”, p.7, Harvard Business Review Press

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• This year I spent two months in Australia, and I did all the training camps in London. It was a really hard winter because I want to give the best performance of my career at the Olympic Games! That is the only title I'm missing and I will do my best to take it!

  Peter Kauzer

  Athlete, Winter, Years

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• I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

  Damon Hill

  Athlete, People, Trying

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• Some books claim I have already clocked up a century of Grands Prix, but let me put the record straight. Australia will be my 100th start, and I aim to mark the milestone with a cracking performance. It could even be celebrated with a victory.

  Damon Hill

  Sports, Book, Athlete

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• To me travel is triple delight: anticipation, performance, and recollection.

  Ilka Chase

  Adventure, Delight, Anticipation

  Ilka Chase (1961). “The Carthaginian Rose”, Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday

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• Let your performance do the thinking.

  Charlotte Bronte

  Inspirational, Thinking, Action

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• Opportunity shies away from need, but opportunity is attracted by talent and ability. What you don't want to happen is opportunity to turn cool on you. You don't want to offend opportunity. So the only thing you present to opportunity is ability, performance and skill. Don't present need to opportunity.

  Jim Rohn

  Life, Motivational, Opportunity

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• It is a very grave matter to be forced to imitate a people for whom you know-which is the price of your performance and survival-you do not exist. It is hard to imitate a people whose existence appears, mainly, to be made tolerable by their bottomless gratitude that they are not, thank heaven, you.

  James A. Baldwin

  Gratitude, People, Justice

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• Our privileges can be no greater than our obligations. The protection of our rights can endure no longer than the performance of our responsibilities.

  John F. Kennedy

  Responsibility, Rights, Justice

  Kennedy, John F. (1964). “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: John F. Kennedy, 1963”, p.407, Best Books on

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• With attitude, you can determine your own performance.

  Pat Summitt

  Basketball, Attitude, Determine

  Pat Summitt (1999). “Reach for the Summit”, p.136, Crown Business

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• Talent is not enough. It's an important component in a successful performance, but it's really only a starting point.

  Tony DiCicco

  Basketball, Successful, Important

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• It's always about wanting to one-up myself from the day before. There's never an absolute 100% perfect performance, but going out and striving for that perfect performance is what keeps me going.

  Cat Osterman

  Inspirational, Softball, Perfect

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• Tennis is more than just a sport. It's an art, like the ballet. Or like a performance in the theater. When I step on the court I feel like Anna Pavlova. Or like Adelina Patti. Or even like Sarah Bernhardt. I see the footlights in front of me. I hear the whisperings of the audience. I feel an icy shudder. Win or die! Now or never! It's the crisis of my life.

  Bill Tilden

  Sports, Art, Winning

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