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“At Columbia there's no performing arts department, so I was searching for it everywhere I could, and I took some photography classes and I ended up becoming fascinated with Eastern Religion, and ultimately it seemed to encompass the more abstract mind that I have.”

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Author:Jake Gyllenhaal

“I could draw ideas. I remember writing a paper for a seminar class. I remember writing a paper about - and this is going to sound really sort of pretentious, but that's where my mind was at the time - how acting and the performing artist can really be like a Bodhisattva, how they can communicate ultimately an idea in a way that can move and shift things. And that was wonderful. I didn't know many classes where I could try and relate the thing that I really loved and wanted to do into an intellectual idea, and that happened to be one of them.”

“If you have people who are high-performing working for you, it's so easy to do your job. Otherwise, you can't even agree on the time of the meeting or who will bring the coffee.”

People Ifs Jobs Easy Agree Meetings Coffee Performing

Author:Douglas Conant

“I did martial arts since I was 10 years old, and I've got as much love for the movies as I have for martial arts, so when I was 18 years old, I started studying performing arts with the eye of getting into the film industry and went to drama school after that.”

Years Art Eye School Film Study Industry Drama Performing Martial Arts Film Industry Much Love Performing Arts

Author:Scott Adkins

“My experiences taught me firsthand that when a person is not performing well, there are many possible reasons, some not of his own choosing.”

Wells Persons Reason Taught Performing Performing Well

Author:Dallin H. Oaks

“Once you been performing on the streets you can conquer any venue.”

Streets Conquer Performing Venues

Author:Dave Chappelle

“I certainly liked performing [Patrick Bateman], but it was because he thinks he's so [bloody] cool and just the [stuff], but is really such a cheesy dork.”

Thinking Stuff Performing Bloody Cheesy Dork

Author:Christian Bale

“The question I ask myself like almost everyday is 'Am I doing the most important thing I could be doing?'”

Important Asks Important Things Everyday Performing

Author:Mark Zuckerberg

“I've been playing concerts for many years, and it's still as exciting as it was the first time. I hope that shows when I'm performing.”

Years Firsts Stills Shows First Time Exciting Performing Concerts

Author:Vanilla Ice

“The best time to practice mental rehearsal is at night in bed, just before you fall asleep. The last thing you do before you doze off is to imagine yourself performing at your best the following day. You will be amazed at how often the upcoming event or experience happens exactly as you imagined it.”

Happens Lasts Night Fall Practice Imagine Events Bed Following Performing Amazed Rehearsal Best Times

Author:Brian Tracy

“Selling, in particular, can be a challenge; many investors are tempted to become more optimistic when a security is performing well. This temptation must be resisted; tax considerations aside, when a security reaches full valuation, there is no longer a reason to own it.”

Wells Reason Challenges Security Particular Taxes Selling Optimistic Temptation Performing Consideration Investors Tempted Valuation Performing Well

Author:Seth Klarman

“I knew what I wanted to do, which was to become a recording artist, so I definitely felt like I had a calling. The performing part was the part that I wasn't sure about.”

Wanted Artist Felt Calling Performing

Author:Ariel Pink

“As for performing live, I just never imagined how it would work out; for good reason, because it doesn't just work out - not the way you think it will. It's a chance that you take.”

Thinking Way Reason Chance Work Out Performing Performing Live

Author:Ariel Pink

“To me, performing means trying to do the most you can with the partner in front of you, with the story you're telling. There are actors who have carried me, who have brought me elsewhere or with them.”

Trying Mean Stories Actors Fronts Partners Performing Elsewhere

Author:Clemence Poesy

“A lot of people that are always trying to be funny and "on" and performing are just hiding. It's just a cover for what they really are and how they really feel.”

People Feels Trying Performing Hiding Always Trying

Author:Manny Montana

“In order to have a lasting career you'll need to spend time performing live to build your own audience, as it's not all about social media. Word of mouth still rules.”

Needs Stills Order Social Careers Audience Media Mouths Social Media Performing Lasting End Times Spend Time Word Of Mouth Performing Live

Author:Eliot Lewis

“Every organization needs to be introspective, transparent, and honest with itself. This only works if everyone is unified on the goals and purposes of the organization and there is trust within the team. High-performing, successful organizations build cultures of introspection and trust and never lose sight of their purpose.”

Ifs Needs Purpose Culture Goal Loses Successful Team Honest Organization Sight Performing Introspection Transparent Introspective Unified Successful Organizations

Author:Colin Powell

“I am a slave to the rhythm. I am a palette. I just go with the moment. You've got to do it that way because if you're thinking, you're dead. Performing is not about thinking; it's about feeling.”

Ifs Thinking Way Moments Feelings Slave Rhythm Performing Palette

Author:Michael Jackson

“The grace of God sets us free from a life of perfection, performing, and pretending.”

Grace Perfection Performing Pretending Grace Of God

Author:Tullian Tchividjian

“I did not want to be taken for a fool-the typical French reason for performing the worst of deeds without remorse.”

Want Reason Taken Worst Fool Deeds Performing Typical Remorse

Author:Jules Amedee Barbey d'Aurevilly

“Jesus Christ was the only one capable of performing the magnificent Atonement because He was the only perfect man and the Only Begotten Son of God the Father. He received His commission for this essential work from His Father before the world was established. His perfect mortal life devoid of sin, the shedding of His blood, His suffering in the garden and upon the cross, His voluntary death, and the Resurrection of His body from the tomb made possible a full Atonement for people of every generation and time.”

“Performing is about developing empathy, which leads us to a broader view of the world and encourages us to develop compassion; so we can comfort each other and not be so brutal with each other.”

World Views Compassion Comfort Empathy Developing Performing Brutal

Author:Willem Dafoe

“Rock 'n' roll and playing live is very addictive. But you have to really be careful, because you don't want to do it all the time. It's like when you are young and you think if you are not having sex you're wasting your time. But as you get older you realise everything has its place. It's the same thing with performing.... Performing is a great thing to do but you don't want to have to be doing it every night.”

Ifs Thinking Want Young Night Sex Rocks Careful Great Things Performing Things To Do Realising Be Careful Rock N Roll Every Night Having Sex Wasting Your Time

Author:Mick Jagger

“A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.”

“For the last 15 years that I have been performing, all I ever wanted to do was transcend poetry to the world. See, it wasn't enough for me to write a book. It wasn't enough for me to join a slam competition, and while those things hold weight, it wasn't the driving force that pushes the pen to the pad.”

World Writing Years Has Beens Book Enough Wanted Lasts Force Weight Competition Driving Performing Pens Slam Pads Driving Force

Author:Lemon Andersen

“I would have been a visual artist. When I was in high school, that was one of the things... I had to make a decision what I was going to go to college for, and at the time, I also painted and sculpted. I got more attention for my performing, so I thought that was a better idea.”

Has Beens Ideas School Artist Decision Attention College High School Performing Visuals Visual Art Visual Artist

Author:Josh Young

“I've always enjoyed performing. I was in figure skating before, and then I joined my first school play. Ever since that, you have not been able to get me out of the theater.”

Firsts Play Able School Figures Theater Enjoyed Performing Skating Figure Skating School Plays

Author:Daniela Bobadilla

“For me, it's important that a movie is the congregate of all art forms, from writing to art composition to music to performing. Trying to keep a balance of all those is what I think a director's job is.”

Thinking Writing Trying Art Important Jobs Form Balance Directors Performing Composition

Author:Mick Garris

“Let no guilty man escape if it can be avoided. Be specially vigilant-or instruct those engaged in the prosecution of fraud to be-against all who insinuate that they have high influence to protect-or to protect them. No personal consideration should stand in the way of performing a public duty.”

Ifs Men Way Should Influence Duty Protect Guilty Performing Engaged Consideration Fraud Avoided Vigilant Prosecution

Author:Ulysses S. Grant

“I try to keep performing as much as possible - I just like to. I used to take huge gaps off between gigs, now I just like to do stand-up gigs as much as I can.”

Trying I Can Used Huge Performing Gaps Gigs

Author:Eddie Izzard

“By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.”

Made Felt Written Critical Performing Abbey Abbey Road

Author:Paul McCartney

“I look up to Andrea Boccelli and Sarah Brightman. The best part about 'America's Got Talent' was performing with her!”

Looks America Talent Performing Look Up Andrea

Author:Jackie Evancho

“I've always been in school plays and performing monologues and taking drama. Now I'm in acting clas-ses. I do it the real way. I want to be a working actor. I would love that. I just like being on a series and having a script, and I want that to be my nine-to-five.”

Way Want Real Play School Actors Acting Five Drama Series Scripts Nine Performing Monologues School Plays

Author:Vinny Guadagnino

“They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.”

Hands Wanted Left Terrible Very Good Hated Performing Concerts Pianist Left Hand

Author:Stephen Sondheim

“If the youth is content to abandon his previous associates and to throw in his lot whole-heartedly with the rulers, he may, after suitable tests, be promoted, but if he shows any regrettable solidarity with his previous associates, the rulers will reluctantly conclude that there is nothing to be done with him except to send him to the lethal chamber before his ill-disciplined intelligence has had time to spread revolt. This will be a painful duty to the rulers, but I think they will not shrink from performing it.”

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Author:Bertrand Russell

“Angels are our true and trusty servants, performing offices and works that one poor miserable mendicant would be ashamed to do for another.”

Would Be Poor Office Angel Miserable Servant Performing Ashamed

Book:The Table Talk of Martin Luther

Source: The Table Talk of Martin Luther

“Christmas was really where I started coming into my own as a performer because I did all this stuff on my own, all this performing on my own. When other kids were outside playing, I was in my room conjuring characters and impressions and things like that.”

Character Kids Stuff My Own Rooms Impression Performing Performers Conjuring

Author:Jim Carrey

“Broadway is amazing because you're performing for such an intimate group of people. You're living in the moment and whatever happens happens, and you go on. You can't say cut and redo it, you have to be on the whole time.”

People Whole Moments Happens Cutting Groups Goes On Performing Intimate Live In The Moment Broadway Whatever Happens Redos Whatever Happens Happens

Author:Ariana Grande

“I actually got started in acting when I was in pre-school. I was really into dance and performing, so my mom had me in dance classes, and then I got involved in a local theater company.”

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Author:Fiona Gubelmann

“As much as I'd like to pretend that I'm not performing, I think any actor sometimes has themselves outside of themselves and is trying to direct themselves and control what you're seeing and thinking.”

Thinking Trying Sometimes Actors Seeing Direct Performing

Author:Patrick Fabian

“I got some pilot scripts and auditioned for a couple other ones, too. It was just a standard audition, where I kept going in to read and went up the ladder, in terms of people who you're performing for during those auditions. Each step of the way, I was happy with that level of audition.”

People Way Term Levels Steps Couple Standards Scripts Performing Pilots Auditions Ladders

Author:Tim Kang

“I don't think there is any serious evidence that we need to be paying people more than 100 times the average wage in order to get high-performing managers.”

People Thinking Needs Order Serious Evidence Average Managers Performing Getting High

Author:Thomas Piketty

“I left home at 14 and I have friends who joined the navy and the army performing troops at 9. I know people [like that]. It's a very straightforward character.”

People Knows Character Home Left Army Performing Troops Navy Straightforward

Author:Amanda Schull

“[On performing in action movies] I've spent all those years learning how to do certain skills, and then that competitive spirit kicks in and you want to do the stunts. Basically, it's the the male competitive ego at work.”

Want Years Action Spirit Certain Skills Ego Males Performing Kicks Action Movie Competitive Spirit

Author:Jason Statham

“On a good night, I'm just into the flow and seeing the pictures and words in my mind clearly before I say them. On a bad night, which to be honest are nowhere near as bad as when I was starting out, I just concentrate on performing the routines correctly. I focus on my delivery.”

Mind Night Focus Seeing Honest Flow Starting Being Honest Performing Delivery Good Night Starting Out Bad Night Pictures And Words

Author:Franklyn Ajaye

“The day I'm in England performing, English security let a man in a Batman suit climb Buckingham Palace. I felt so much safer... Batman was on the wall of Buckingham Palace for five hours. Wouldn't happen in America - three minutes: dead Batman.”

Men Happens America Three Felt Hours Five Minutes Security Wall England Suits Performing Climbs Palaces Buckingham Palace

Author:Christopher Titus

“Now, I want to explain something to you guys. I don't have an ending joke, because I don't tell jokes. I tell real-life stories and make them funny. So, I'm not like the average comedian. They have an ending joke; they always holler Peace! I'm out of here, and walk off stage. So, basically, when I get through performing on stage, I just walk off.”

Want Real Stories Guy Walks Stage Jokes Average Real Life Comedian Performing Life Story Performing On Stage

Author:Bruce Bruce

“I have never wanted to give up performing on stage, but one day the tours will be over.”

Giving Wanted Stage One Day Giving Up Performing Never Giving Up Performing On Stage

Author:Mick Jagger

“Makes no matter if I'm performing in a grocery store, you're always gonna get 150%.”

Ifs Matter Stores Performing Groceries Grocery Stores

Author:Eddie Griffin

“I was doing gigs to stay alive. I worked two or three jobs at a time, there were times when I stayed up for 36 hours straight. I slept in shopping mall parking lots. A stand-up gig paid $35; then I could eat for another few days until the next gig. Literally, I was performing to live.”

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Author:Dat Phan

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