Performing Quotes

• I just love the thrill of performing on stage. I believe that singing is something I was put here to do.

  Lucy Hale

  Believe, Singing, Thrill

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

  Simone Weil

  Inspirational, Motivational, Respect

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• The terror of performing never goes away. Instead, you get very, very comfortable being terrified.

  Eric Whitacre

  Feelings, Going Away, Composer

  Twitter post from May 20, 2016

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• I love performing. It's a phenomenal getaway. If you want to really let out everything you feel, that's the time to do it.

  Michael Jackson

  Want, Getaways, Phenomenal

  FaceBook post by Michael Jackson from May 17, 2016

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• We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.

  Aristotle

  Courage, Philosophical, Brave

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• Performing is an experience, for me, that is as humbling as it is energizing.

  Charley Pride

  Energizing, Humbling

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• Wherever you are or whatever your job, don't be confused or diverted by false priorities. We have only one mission to perform-that is to fight and win. And, we must do it better than anyone else in the world.

  Leslie E. Brown

  Inspirational, Jobs, Confused

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• Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.

  Wes Montgomery

  Music, Play, African American

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• True bravery is shown by performing without witness what one might be capable of doing before all the world.

  Francois de La Rochefoucauld

  Life, Courage, Memorial Day

  "Maxims". Book by Francois de La Rochefoucauld, 1665.

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• The rewards are going to come, but my happiness is just loving the sport and having fun performing.

  Jackie Joyner-Kersee

  Sports, Fun, Athlete

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• The feeling you get from playing to a good audience is hard to describe without sounding as though you are talking silly. But reaction is important. You might feel in yourself that you're doing it ok but it's when you get the live reaction that you know you're doing it right.

  Tony Iommi

  Silly, Talking, Feelings

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• When I perform, I don’t think about the haters, the Internet trolls, or anyone else. I care about giving the person in front of me something they won’t forget. And that’s why I bring the cake and raft out.

  Steve Aoki

  Hater, Thinking, Cake

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• I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

  Rose Byrne

  Sibling, Thinking, Always Trying

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• The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released through art, be it dancing, painting, singing, writing or even martial arts.

  Mrinalini Sarabhai

  Dance, Art, Pain

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• I tend to stay up late, not because I'm partying but because it's the only time of the day when I'm alone and don't have to be on, performing.

  Jim Carrey

  Party, Late, Only Time

  "Work experience: The stars before they were famous" by Lucy Barrick, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2000.

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• Every summer, around late July and into August, I find myself in Europe, performing at any festival that will have me.

  Henry Rollins

  Summer, July, August

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• I have a love-hate relationship with performing.

  Sarah Brightman

  Art, Hate, Love Hate

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• Comedy is difficult, especially slapstick. The trick is to have fun while you are performing it.

  Maureen O'Hara

  Fun, Comedy, Slapstick

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• Being able to improvise is the basis for creating all characters and situations, for everything to do with performing, really. And it's good therapy as well.

  Chris Kattan

  Character, Creating, Able

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• You always want to quit while you are ahead. You don't want to be like a fighter who stays too long in the ring until you're not performing at your best.

  Clint Eastwood

  Long, Want, Fighter

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• Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.

  Philip Emeagwali

  Computer, Sometimes, Our Lives

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• It's hard being away from home. But other than that, performing is the highlight of my day.

  Martina McBride

  Home, Highlights, Hard

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• There hasn't been one highlight that stands out... but touring and performing has been great.

  Christina Milian

  Standing Out, Touring, Highlights

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• An intense anticipation itself transforms possibility into reality; our desires being often but precursors of the things which we are capable of performing.

  Samuel Smiles

  Reality, Desire, Anticipation

  Samuel Smiles (2014). “Self-Help”, p.153, Cambridge University Press

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• Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

  Brian Tracy

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  Twitter post from Jul 20, 2015

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