Performing Quotes - Page 25

• I do a lot of performing, but don't get a chance to go to the studio and write good music.

  Bobby McFerrin

  Writing, Chance, Studios

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• I'm not performing now. What I do now is listen to music all day long. Listening is very nourishing to me. I might go back to perform, I might make another record. I've got a record half finished.

  Michael Nesmith

  Long, Listening, Records

  Interview with Ken Plume, asitecalledfred.com. May 2003.

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• Studies of volunteers have shown there is a benefit to performing acts of love for other people. The irony is that it is actually in your best interest to be selfless. The things you do for the benefit of others not only make you feel fulfilled, they increase your chances of living a long and happy life. Remember that an act of love always benefits at least two people.

  Bernie Siegel

  Happy Life, Two, Long

  Bernie Siegel (2013). “Prescriptions For Living: Inspirational Lessons for a Joyful, Loving Life”, p.108, Random House

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• Before death overpowers us, we have great things to accomplish by performing right actions.

  Mata Amritanandamayi

  Before Death, Action, Accomplish

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• (Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen.

  John Cassavetes

  Acting, Extensions, Screens

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• I studied acting for 10 years before I went for an audition. I studied with Lee Strasberg and Actors Studio teachers, and went to the High School of Performing Arts.

  Ellen Barkin

  Teacher, Art, School

  "Ellen Barkin Talks “Another Happy Day”: 'I’ve been waiting for a part this good for my entire career.'" by Erica Abeel, www.indiewire.com. November 18, 2011.

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• If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a teacher, a history teacher. After all, teaching is very much like performing. A teacher is an actor, in a way. It takes a great deal to get, and hold, a class.

  Richard Dreyfuss

  Teacher, Teaching, Class

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• Performing, I can take it or leave it. Horticulture is far more challenging. I'm absolutely fascinated by it.

  Kim Wilde

  Challenges, Horticulture, Fascinated

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• Before I was an actor I was a break dancer, one of those street performers you see. I guess my introduction into the professional world of performing was a stint as back up dancer for Lionel Richie and I performed at the closing ceremony at the '84 Olympics.

  Cuba Gooding, Jr.

  Dancer, Actors, World

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• In most companies people make a specific contribution to the company in their function. But it is not expressed in terms of profit, only in terms of performing their function better.

  Carlos Ghosn

  People, Profit, Function

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• It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.

  M. Ward

  Luxury, People, Performing Music

  "M. Ward Going Solo Once Again" by Tom Breihan, pitchfork.com.

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• I love live music and I love to see people's faces when I'm performing.

  Leighton Meester

  People, Faces, Live Music

  FaceBook post by Leighton Meester from Oct 19, 2012

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• My mom is an art teacher and is very much into the performing arts. What can I say? She is the female in my life and has guided me on how to act and conduct myself. A lot of my strength comes from her.

  Erin Andrews

  Mom, Teacher, Art

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• So much of performing is a mind game.

  Joshua Bell

  Games, Mind, Mind Games

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• I'd love to play a rock star in a movie, but for now, I'm not performing in public.

  Elizabeth Berkley

  Stars, Rocks, Play

  "The Most Improved Actress in America". Esquire interview, bondiviewertest.azurewebsites.net.

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• I went to the Brit School for the performing arts in Croydon at 14, picking music as my main subject, and I'm so glad I did. I knew lots of people who'd gone there, so I always had my mind set on it.

  Katy B

  Art, School, People

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• There has been a cultural shift. It is difficult to measure all that right now, but Chilean women have seen my presidency as a source of pride. Women are performing in jobs in Chile now that 20 or 30 years ago nobody would have dared to imagine.

  Michelle Bachelet

  Jobs, Pride, Years

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• And I've always felt comfortable certainly in a courtroom because you're just performing. And there was a time in my life when I thought when I grew up I'd be a trial lawyer myself.

  Scott Bakula

  Trials, Lawyer, Grew

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• In a broken marriage, it can be challenging and tough to get that work/life balance. I love performing but I also love being a mum, and I hate having to choose between them.

  Toni Braxton

  Hate, Love Is, Broken

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I was at college doing performing arts, and just spending all my time mucking about, and the lecturers thought I would be pretty good at stand-up, so I gave it a whirl.

  Allen Carr

  Art, College, Would Be

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• Before I left for Germany, I had gotten accepted to the performing arts high school in New York, which was a big dream of mine. And having to leave that was very sad for me.

  Nina Arianda

  Dream, Art, New York

  "Nina Arianda: ‘Venus In Fur’ Star On Her Broadway Role And Tony Nominations". Interview with Lori Fradkin, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 8, 2012.

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• Going to the theater or having the honor of performing in theater reminds you of your humanity in a very different way. It's a real release and an incredible challenge. But the stage is a dangerous place. You gotta be trained. Plus, crowds like when things go wrong. I think that's part of the thrill. Anything can happen.

  Nina Arianda

  Real, Thinking, Challenges

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• I have done research about people who think they're doing movements and people - like Madonna and professional dancers - who are actually 'performing' movements. The people who can connect and perform during their workout get results way above and beyond the people who are just going through the motions.

  Tracy Anderson

  Workout, Thinking, People

  "Teeny, tiny body, anyone?". www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2009.

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• It's always performing for me. I write and I record so I can perform. It all ties to that. I've done it since I was a little kid. That's my absolute rush, is playing for different people every night, bringing something else to the table they've never seen.

  Gary Allan

  Kids, Writing, Night

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• When I started performing, I decided that if in five years I couldn't earn as much money acting as I could as a teacher, it would be unrealistic for me to continue on the stage.

  Pauline Collins

  Teacher, Years, Acting

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