Performances Quotes - Page 19

• My books and records are arranged according to subject, and within each subject, they're alphabetical by author or artist. The music tapes are alphabetical and the performance tapes are in chronological order.I like to control my environment, because I feel if I have my physical space in order, then I'm free to dream.

  George Carlin

  Dream, Book, Artist

  Source: reprints.longform.org

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• Sustaining innovations are the key to consistent performance, whereas disruptive innovations are the key to dramatic changes in power.

  Geoffrey Moore

  Keys, Innovation, Dramatic

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• A novel is a performance you have to plan.

  John Darnielle

  Novel, Plans

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• Composing for concert performance is a somewhat lonely occupation, but composing a film score is highly collaborative.

  William P. Perry

  Lonely, Occupation, Film

  Source: www.empressbooks.com

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• I was a guitar player on the streets of Asbury Park and already a member in good standing amongst those who lie in service of the truth - artists with a small A. But I held four clean aces. I had youth, almost a decade of hardcore bar band experience, a good group of homegrown musicians who were attuned to my performance style, and a story to tell.

  Bruce Springsteen

  Lying, Player, Artist

  "Bruce Springsteen teases fans with foreword to autobiography Born to Run", www.theguardian.com. August 17, 2016.

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• I don't want to be an exception, because I was very outspoken about Performance Enhancing Drugs. It would be bad for my reputation if I would have an exemption [for doping test] - I don't want to have a free pass, I want to be like everybody else.

  Georges St-Pierre

  Drug, Want, Tests

  "Interview: A sit-down with Georges St-Pierre in Israel". Interview with Ram Gilboa, www.bloodyelbow.com. August 10, 2016.

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• People have mistaken my break, I took a break from competition, it was because of mental problems, and because I was not agreeing with Performance Enhancing Drugs. I put the things on pause for a while, but I didn't retire.

  Georges St-Pierre

  People, Drug, Competition

  Source: www.bloodyelbow.com

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• I had a couple albums out that sold well for who I was at the time and the type of music I played. People started recognizing my name and face and it helped sell bigger venues. I had a bigger spotlight and I had to live up to it but I thrived under that challenge. It expedited the creative process. If I was on stage in front of 300 people instead of 30, I had to work harder at my performances because I had a greater responsibility. It was very exciting, but creative too.

  Harry Connick, Jr.

  Couple, Responsibility, Hard Work

  Source: www.patheos.com

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• I've never really been interested in replicating the record in live performance, because I'd just get bored. When I was young I used to go and see bands and, even if it was my favorite band, I'd get bored after twenty minutes.

  James Dean Bradfield

  Bored, Twenties, Band

  Source: www.thisisyesterday.com

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• A performance can have amazing visuals and special effects, but it has to tell a good story, even if that story isn't original.

  Julie Taymor

  Special, Stories, Visuals

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• I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved.

  Julie Taymor

  Play, Bumps, Levels

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• John Carlos provided the world with one of the most iconic images of the 1960s with his Black Power salute after a medal-winning performance at the 1968 summer games.

  Tavis Smiley

  Summer, Winning, Games

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• I think a lot of teachers want to talk about how to continually improve performance.

  Barack Obama

  Teacher, Thinking, Want

  Source: www.politico.com

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• I think when we stop putting labels and start worrying more about the performance, that's when you're able to cross over and make yourself a household name and go everywhere.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Thinking, Names, Worry

  Source: www.themonitor.com

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• I still come out to music that's in Spanish. There's no denying who I am, but I've just made it to where my performance is so anybody can understand it - whether you're 10 years old or 80 years old.

  Gabriel Iglesias

  Who I Am, Years, Made

  Source: www.themonitor.com

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• The only reason is that I hadn't seen The Modern Jazz Quartet perform live and a live performance is often where the real experience of jazz takes place. I'm not familiar with the Boswell Sisters.

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

  Real, Jazz, Reason

  Source: www.sbnation.com

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• There was something about Beyoncé that felt like a vessel, I guess, that I could kind of impose all of these feelings and thoughts onto. I was drawn to a little bit of a dichotomy between the glamour and celebrity and the very deep and complex legacy of black women, and what that means in terms of performance.

  Morgan Parker

  Mean, Feelings, Black

  "There’s Poetry About Beyoncé Now - And It’s Amazing". Interview with Becca Andrews, www.motherjones.com. February 15, 2017.

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• If Coolidge were a stock, he'd be a buy. The experts have historically ranked Coolidge in the bottom quartile or bottom half of all presidents. But his economic performance and his statesmanship suggest Coolidge belongs in the top quarter of presidents. The disparity between the Coolidge price and Coolidge value is huge. So revision is warranted.

  Amity Shlaes

  President, Experts, Half

  Source: www.ruthfullyyours.com

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• I don't predict knockouts. The outcome and the performance I am looking for is a victory, nothing less than a victory.

  Tavoris Cloud

  Victory, Outcomes, Knockouts

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

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• Questions like, "Is my suit OK?", or "Is my job performance satisfactory?", are impossible to think about in the absence of a suitable frame of reference. For an interview suit to serve its purpose, it must make you look good relative to other candidates for the job you want. For your job performance to be satisfactory, it must compare favorably with the performance of others who want the same promotion you do. As Charles Darwin saw clearly, much of life is graded on the curve, and conventional economic models completely ignore that fact.

  Robert H. Frank

  Jobs, Thinking, Economic Models

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• Every time we have a mass murder we're gonna go to the memorial or we're gonna grade the president's performance at the memorial to determine whether or not we're being effective in dealing with it?

  Rush Limbaugh

  Memorial, President, Murder

  Source: www.rushlimbaugh.com

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• The reason everybody is so amazed and enamored with me right now is because I have worked every angle, I have worked every formula, I have worked every equation, I have seen every club, I have seen every performance, I have seen every joke, I have studied, I have done my job. That's why I'm good. It's not because I got up one night and decided I wanted to tell some f - -ing jokes.

  Leslie Jones

  Jobs, Night, Done

  Source: w.espn.go.com

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• I might feel like one day is one of my best performances ever and I may top that performance or I may just pace myself for the next 5 shows. Rather I'm giving them a good show it will always be a solid same show so it always depends on my energy.

  Lil Herb

  Giving, One Day, Next

  Source: thesource.com

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• Some people seem to have extreme natural wiring - a talent that seems to come out of nowhere. Like a music savant or prodigy. The uplifting news, though, is that many talented people don't have such natural wiring - but they forge a talent through thousands of hours of what's known as deliberate practice or deliberate performance.

  Kevin Maney

  Uplifting, Practice, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• You should ask for a performance evaluation. Ask your boss, where do I stand? I need to know what I can do better and what I'm doing well.

  Suzy Welch

  Boss, Needs, Evaluation

  Source: www.bostonglobe.com

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