#perform

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

#being #capable #desires #intense #into

There's something about the rawness of the live thing, there's no rhythm guitars behind the solo, nothing other than what you hear the people playing at that moment. It's exciting, it's about the performance. ↗

— Chad Smith

#behind #exciting #guitars #hear #live

An entertainer should in his public performance keep himself out of any controversy, political or otherwise. ↗

— Kate Smith

#controversy #entertainer #himself #his #keep

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

When we shoot 24, there are so many things I have to worry about, from the script to technical things to my performance, that I don't have a second to be bored or take anything for granted. We produce 24 hours of film a season, which is like making 12 movies. ↗

— Kiefer Sutherland

#anything #bored #film #granted #hours

I went to ballet school for nine years, and there was an agent for the whole school who happened to be there visiting one of the performances. She suggested an audition. ↗

— Sarah Sutton

#audition #ballet #happened #i #nine