Performances Quotes - Page 22

• I think some people ramp a side of themselves up for performance purposes.

  Jo Brand

  Thinking, People, Purpose

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• I'm too nervous to eat before I go onstage, and I'll usually eat out after the performance or when I get home at midnight.

  Jo Brand

  Home, Midnight, Nervous

  "What's in your basket, Jo Brand?". Interview with Chloe Diski, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2001.

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• I wasn't one of those hideous children who make their parents sit through hour-long performances when you're seven. I didn't do anything like that thankfully.

  Jo Brand

  Children, Long, Parent

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• I've done performances in movies that I was immensely proud of and the movies didn't take off like a rocket at Cape Canaveral, it didn't take off.

  Albert Brooks

  Capes, Done, Proud

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• I'll accept bad taste in a minute, as long as there's some great comedy minds and performances.

  Mel Brooks

  Long, Mind, Taste

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• My best kiss was on stage. Kelly Rowland from Destiny's Child gave me a really nice soft kiss on my lips during a performance on my birthday. It was amazing.

  Chris Brown

  Birthday, Children, Nice

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• When you get performance slots for award shows - that's a big deal for me.

  Luke Bryan

  Awards, Bigs, Shows

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• The Imperial German Government will not expect the Government of the United States to omit any word or any act necessary to the performance of its sacred duty of maintaining the rights of the United States and its citizens and of safeguarding their free exercise and enjoyment.

  William Jennings Bryan

  Military, War, Exercise

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• Instinct taught me 20 years ago to pace a song or a concert performance. That translates into pacing a story, pleasing a reading audience.

  Jimmy Buffett

  Song, Reading, Years

  Interview with Tom Corcoran, bookpage.com. June 1998.

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• Sure, I've done movies in which I was embarrassed by my performance, or might not have cared for a co-star. Then I'd have to tell lies, like, 'Oh, we love each other; everything was perfect!'

  Sandra Bullock

  Stars, Lying, Perfect

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• The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations.

  Martin Van Buren

  United States, Tribes, Stipulations

  United States. President (1837-1841 : Van Buren), Martin Van Buren (1838). “Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress: At the Commencement of the Third Session of the Twenty-fifth Congress”, p.18

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• I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies.

  Nicolas Cage

  Avant Garde, Fiction, Fantasy

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• There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they would call over-the-top performances. Well, this is completely false.

  Nicolas Cage

  Character, Hollywood, Misperception

  "Nicolas Cage: 'People think I'm not in on the joke'". Interview with Emma Brockes, www.theguardian.com. July 20, 2013.

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• You can lose in cinema too if you don't put on a good performance.

  Eric Cantona

  Cinema, Ifs, Loses

  "The player". Interview with Amelia Gentleman, www.theguardian.com. September 26, 2003.

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• When the first big paycheque with 'Dumb And Dumber' hit, I went: 'Gosh, I wonder if this will affect my performance. Will I do a take and think, was that worth $7 million?' But that never happened. If anything, it made me rebel against that thing when people who get rich start playing it safe.

  Jim Carrey

  Thinking, People, Dumb

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• I am confident that when the facts and policies have been examined, when the record of performances have been reviewed, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will once again be elected to lead our beloved country to a better future.

  Jimmy Carter

  Country, Records, Biden

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• Some people thrive under pressure, but pressure can also ruin your performance, it can push you down angles which you don't want to go.

  Henry Cavill

  People, Want, Ruins

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• I went to a performance-art high school, and a teacher there was signing me up for open-mic nights at the comedy club. I think about it now, and I think, 'Well, that may be inappropriate,' but it was great!'

  Margaret Cho

  Teacher, Art, School

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• Many people think of me as a perfectionist, someone who polishes and shines each song and performance. I've always been bothered by that assumption.

  Phil Collins

  Song, Thinking, People

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I still do my comedy and my performance stuff and my acting so it's not all-consuming. But I do find myself drawing more and more these days.

  Billy Connolly

  Drawing, Acting, Stuff

  "My ambition is to be regarded as a nuisance". Interview with Lisa O'Kelly, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2012.

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• I love being on stage if I'm not on a set. If I'm at home, I'm usually in my office editing or reconstructing my website or whatever it may be. I just love putting creativity into a performance.

  Dane Cook

  Drama, Reading, Home

  "Dane Cook Goes for Laughs in Good Luck Chuck". Interview with Evan Jacobs, movieweb.com. September 13, 2007.

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• So what this is is us, our personalities refined down on to a stage performance. In other words, the way we play is the end product of the way we live - we live in the cities, you see.

  Alice Cooper

  Play, Cities, Stage Performance

  Interview with Mike Quigley, www.mjq.net. September 1969.

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• For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.

  Ice Cube

  Artist, Rapper, Interesting

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• New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

  Andrew Cuomo

  New York, Government, Boss

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• The time has come to return integrity, performance and dignity to New York and make it the Empire State once again.

  Andrew Cuomo

  New York, Integrity, Empires

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