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“Stage performing is a dying art form.”

Art Form Stage Dying Performing

Author:Ronnie Spector

“I persist in performing.”

Performing Persist

Author:David Tudor

“I'll do about 13 shows in Branson next year, and I'll be performing at the Grand Palace.”

Years Shows Next Performing Palaces Next Year

Author:Mel Tillis

“I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.”

People Ifs Way Firsts Looks Would Be Style Couple Crowds Performing Gigs Realised Condescending

Author:Tinie Tempah

“There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.”

Audience Performing Buzz

Author:Jack Wild

“I mean, there's definitely a difference between film and live performances or live television. But at the same time, it's just performing. No matter what, it's performing.”

Mean Matter Film Differences Television Performances No Matter What Performing Live Performance Live Television

Author:Kenny Wormald

“I was always tinkering around with stuff but nothing serious at the time. I was doing animations and drawing like crazy, but I wasn't imagining that I'd be performing music for people, that's for sure.”

People Stuff Crazy Serious Drawing Performing Animation Tinkering Performing Music

Author:Chad VanGaalen

“I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.”

People Writing Wells Art Artist Given Talent Elements Responsible Performing Craftsman Spiritualism Writing Well Performing Well

Author:Al Franken

“One of the things that I've been doing recently in my scientific research is to ask this question: Is the universe actually capable of performing things like digital computations?”

Universe Asks Capable Research Performing Digital Scientific Research Computation

Author:Seth Lloyd

“I love acting. I love performing.”

Acting Performing

Author:Isaiah Mustafa

“As a teenager I was obsessed with music and with writing and performing songs.”

Writing Song Teenager Performing Obsessed

Author:Anthony Minghella

“Aside from performing in 'Peepshow,' I do yoga once a week and I like Pilates. I'm more into toning exercises over aerobics. I like working with a trainer at a private gym, but I also like going with friends because you don't get bored or distracted.”

Week Exercise Yoga Bored Performing Gym Distracted Trainers Pilates Aerobics

Author:Holly Madison

“I went to really good New York City public schools that had arts programs. So in junior high, I got into the drama department. From there, I went to a performing arts high school in New York City called Laguardia and I just kind of fell into the professional side by happenstance.”

Kind Art School Sides Cities New York Drama High School Program Performing Department New York City Public School Juniors Junior High Performing Arts Happenstance

Author:Merritt Wever

“The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.”

Knows Character Stories America Performing American Character

Author:Rebel Wilson

“I've been performing my whole life.”

Whole Whole Life Performing

Author:Shania Twain

“For me performing has a lot to do with being fearless.”

Fearless Performing

Book:Girl in a Band

Source: Girl in a Band

“That’s the secret to performance: conviction. The right note played tentatively still misses its mark, but play boldly and no one will question you. If one believes there is truth in art – and I do – then it’s troubling how similar the skill of performing is to lying. Maybe lying is itself a kind of art. I think about that more than I should.”

Ifs Thinking Should Believe Kind Art Stills Play Lying Secret Missing Skills Performances Mark Notes Conviction Performing

Book:Seraphina

Source: Seraphina

“I grew up performing in theatre.”

Grew Grew Up Theatre Performing

Author:Valorie Curry

“My background was in performing originally.”

Backgrounds Performing

Author:Cy Coleman

“I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn’t really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.”

Art Two Wanted Acting Childhood Mom Normal Dancing My Mom Pursue Performing Performing Arts

Author:Rainey Qualley

“I don’t even know at what age I started, because it’s always been there. Performing … creating … it’s in my DNA.”

Knows Age Creating Performing Dna

Author:Janelle Monae

“Every American was to become a performing self.”

Self Performing

Book:Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

Source: Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking

“I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.”

I Can Age Remember Song Folks Performing Boston Woody Folk Songs

Author:Black Francis

“It's fun when you're winning and performing well, but it's also hard because now you get older, you got responsibilities.”

Wells Hard Winning Fun Responsibility Performing Performing Well

Author:Rau'shee Warren

“We become just by performing just action, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave action.”

Action Courage Philosophical Brave Performing Taking Action Moral Excellence

Author:Aristotle

“I'm a reactor. I can react to crowds, performing situations.”

I Can Situation Crowds Performing

Author:Rick Nielsen

“My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.”

Writing Two Performing Divided Mixtures

Author:Stephen Fry

“I have no memory, any at all, of actually performing the play, no recall in terms of the lines. I can't tell you any line from any play I've ever done.”

I Can Done Play Term Lines Memories Performing Recalls No Memory

Author:Bill Nighy

“I'm a classical ballet dancer, and at the end of the day I want to be with American Ballet Theater, performing classical ballets.”

Want Ends Theater Performing Dancer The End Of The Day Ballet Ballet Dancer And At The End Of The Day

Author:Misty Copeland

“Honestly, live is my favorite way of performing. Every show is a completely different energy. With recording, it's not really as organic as it can be. But I feel like I'm a lot more fluid, and I can be a little bit more aggressive.”

Way Feels Littles I Can Different Shows Energy Bits Little Bit My Favorite Honestly Performing Aggressive Fluid

Author:Sharon Van Etten

“Often in America people would assume that [as an English actor] you've had some sort of deep, classical training, or that you're a Shakespeare enthusiast. I have zero interest in me performing Shakespeare.”

People America Actors Interest Training Assuming Performing Zero

Author:Bill Nighy

“I love performing. I love getting out there. It's kind of like why I make music.”

Kind Performing

Author:Yelawolf

“God discovers the martyr and confessor without the trial of flames and tortures, and will hereafter entitle many to the reward of actions which they had never the opportunity of performing.”

Action Opportunity Rewards Trials Performing Flames Torture Martyr Hereafter

Author:Joseph Addison

“Just as rust, which arose from the iron itself, wears out the iron, likewise, performing an action without examination would destroy us by projecting us into a negative state of existence.”

States Action Existence Research Negative Performing Iron Examination Rust

Book:Path To Tranquility

Source: Path To Tranquility

“People abuse their own friends and family, but it is only after performing many meritorious acts that one gets a human birth.”

People Humans Birth Abuse Performing Family And Friends

Author:Sathya Sai Baba

“There must be a world revolution which puts an end to all materialistic conditions hindering woman from performing her natural role in life and driving her to carry out man's duties in order to be equal in rights.”

Men World Ends Order Natural Roles Rights Conditions Duty Revolution Equal Driving Performing Rebellious Materialistic Roles In Life Materialistic World

Author:Muammar al-Gaddafi

“Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have anything to say and take to performing instead of stating.”

Artist Recognition Performing Our Time Composer

Book:Hofmann: twelve color plates, twenty-one black and white illustrations

Source: Hofmann: twelve color plates, twenty-one black and white illustrations

“I was performing in New York and my friends started to call me Gaga. They said I was very theatrical... So they said, you're Gaga.”

Said New York My Friends Performing Call Me They Said Theatrical Gaga

Author:Lady Gaga

“Hungry children are distracted children. We want to make sure nothing gets in the way of our children performing well academically, including hunger.”

Way Want Wells Children Our Children Including Hunger Hungry Performing Distracted Performing Well

Author:Arne Duncan

“I love it. It's all good to me. Whether I'm performing in New York, L.A., Columbus or Des Moines, I give 110 percent every night.”

Giving Night New York Percent Performing Every Night Columbus Des Moines

Author:Bret Michaels

“When you have been in TV and performing for as long as I have, you realise that you probably entertain in your sleep too... as for my catch phrase, I didn't actually say so much 'Can you see what it is yet?”

Long Has Beens Sleep Tvs Performing Phrases Realising

Author:Rolf Harris

“All successful employers are stalking men who will do the unusual, men who think, men who attract attention by performing more than is expected of them.”

Thinking Men Attention Economy Successful Excellence Expected Employment Performing Unusual Employers Stalking Stalking Me

Book:Succeeding With What You Have

Source: Succeeding With What You Have

“Studying music encourages self-discipline and diligence, traits that carry over into intellectual pursuits and that lead to effective study and work habits. An association of music and math has, in fact, long been noted. Creating and performing music promotes self-expression and provides self-gratification while giving pleasure to others. In medicine, increasing published reports demonstrate that music has a healing effect on patients. For all these reasons, it deserves strong support in our educational system, along with the other arts, the sciences, and athletics.”

“Life in the theatre isn't necessarily when you get money from performing. It isn't when you sign a contract. It isn't even when you are in a play. It's when you understand it. If you understand it, you'll know why you want to act.”

Ifs Knows Want Play Theatre Performing Contracts Get Money

Book:Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel

Source: Stella Adler - The Art of Acting: preface by Marlon Brando compiled & edited by Howard Kissel

“Don't focus on the wins and losses... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential.”

Winning Loss Effort Focus Performing Mma Full Potential Wins And Losses

Author:Michael Chandler

“I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing.”

I Can Next Fun Focus Ready One Day Performing Circus

Author:Josh Lieb

“Somewhere in university, I realized that I hadn't been to classes in months, and I'd get tired to the point of narcolepsy doing anything other than some form of performing, directing, writing, or acting.”

Writing Form Acting Class Months Tired University I Realized Performing Narcolepsy

Author:William Shatner

“The techniques should not be practised simply so they can be performed in the kata. Since karate is a fighting art each technique and movement has its own meaning. The karateka must consider their meaning, how and why they are effective, and practise accordingly”

Should Art Fighting Practice Movement Exercise Technique Performing Consideration Martial Arts Effectiveness Karate Practise Hidden Meaning

Author:Shigeru Egami

“I started performing music about the age of 16. I lived in Brooklyn, New York, and this thing called the Flatbush Fair comes once a year. That was my first time on stage.”

Years Firsts Age Stage New York First Time Fairs Performing Brooklyn Performing Music Brooklyn New York

Author:Theophilus London

“Be Good, Do Good.Do thou always without attachment perform action which should be done, for by performing action without attachment, man reaches the Supreme.”

Men Should Done Action Be Good Supreme Performing Attachment

Author:Sivananda

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