“I believe that we learn by practice... it is the performance of a dedicated precise set of acts, physical or intellectual, from which come shape of achievement, a sense of one's being, a satisfaction of spirit.” BelieveSpiritI BelievePracticeShapesAchievementIntellectualPerformancesDancingDanceSatisfactionDancerDedicatedBalletPreciseJust DanceInspirational DanceShort DanceBallet DanceBallet DancingMotivational DanceDance Performance Book:Blood Memory Source: Blood Memory
“If CEO compensation was performance-driven, which I believe it was in IBM's case, nobody would ever argue. If the shareholders didn't make billions and billions of dollars, I wouldn't make millions of dollars. My salary was the same for 10 years. It was all performance-based.” IfsYearsBelieveI BelieveMillionsCasesPerformancesDollarsDrivenArguingBillionsCeoSalaryCompensationShareholdersIbm Author:Lou Gerstner
“I believe stories are very important to all performances. The life story of the performer shapes their work, and the life stories of the audience alter how they receive the work, what they read into the performer.” BelieveImportantStoriesI BelieveAudienceShapesPerformancesPerformersLife Story Author:Marina Abramovic
“Writers are egotists. All artists are. They can’t be altruists and get their work done. And writers love to whine about the Solitude of the Author’s Life, and lock themselves into cork-lined rooms or droop around in bars in order to whine better. But although most writing is done in solitude, I believe that it is done, like all the arts, for an audience. That is to say, with an audience. All the arts are performance arts, only some of them are sneakier about it than others.” WritingBelieveArtDoneArtistOrderI BelieveRoomsAudienceSolitudePerformancesBarsLocksWork DoneCorkPerformance Art Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.” BelieveHumansArtFormI BelieveNaturalSpaceCitiesEnvironmentStreetsCenturyPerformancesI Believe InDiverse21st CenturyArt DanceStreet Life Author:Antony Gormley
“Well, any time Im preparing for a performance or even a rehearsal, its as if in a way, like any other athletes, these are muscles that support the vocal cords which are just I believe cartilage. It demands a kind of constant warming up and a constant feeling of where is the voice today.” IfsWayBelieveWellsKindFeelingsTodayI BelieveVoiceSupportDemandPerformancesConstantAthleteMusclesPreparingVocalRehearsalCordsVocal CordsWarming Up Author:Renee Fleming
“Emotion is more than just anger. When I am performing, I need emotion, but I need control, too. Emotion drives the best performance and is necessary, but it must be controlled. I believe Fedor [Emelianenko] does that. I do too. We may look different in how we do it, but we both do it.” NeedsBelieveLooksMayDoeDifferentI BelieveEmotionPerformancesPerformingControlledBest Performance Author:Mike Tyson
“If you look at the performance of the zero-income-tax-rate states and the highest-income-tax-rate states, I believe a large amount of their difference is due to taxes. Not only is it true of the last decade, but I took these numbers back 50 years. And, there's not one year in the last 50 where the zero-income-tax-rate states have not outperformed the highest-income-tax-rate states.” IfsYearsBelieveLooksStatesLastsI BelieveDifferencesNumbersAmountTaxesHighestPerformancesRateDuesDecadesIncomeZeroIncome Tax Author:Arthur Laffer