#perform

Laboring men can perform for themselves the office of becoming their own employers. ↗

— Leland Stanford

#employers #laboring #men #office #own

I wanted so badly to have a backup plan for when I'm not performing anymore. Let's be realistic: it's not going to be like this forever. ↗

— Gwen Stefani

#backup #badly #forever #going #i

When we contemplate the heroes of Christianity, and compare our feeble efforts with their astonishing performance and self devotion, we should fall into despair, were there not a few softening features, by which they are brought back to the ranks of humanity. ↗

— John Strachan

#back #brought #christianity #compare #contemplate

Performing, for me, has always been a very inner process. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#been #inner #me #performing #process

America doesn't reward people of my age, either in day-to-day life or for their performances. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#america #day-to-day #day-to-day life #either #life

I don't enjoy public performances and being up on a stage. I don't enjoy the glamour. Like tonight, I am up on stage and my feet hurt. ↗

— Barbra Streisand

#being #enjoy #feet #glamour #hurt

Sexuality and gender don't change anyone's performance on the court. ↗

— Sheryl Swoopes

#change #court #gender #performance #sexuality

Never promise more than you can perform. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#never #perform #promise #than #you

I had this totally impossible dream of being an actress. Trust me, just because I'm lucky enough to be doing this doesn't make any of this less of a pipe dream. And nothing gets my juices flowing like a really great performance. To see someone on stage, I get really excited. ↗

— Olivia Thirlby

#any #because #being #doing #dream

And at the same time, you are of course a performer, but it's very important that you understand that your role as a performer is to get the best performance from those wonderful colleagues that you have the chance to work with. ↗

— Michael Tilson Thomas

#chance #colleagues #course #get #important