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My son has been known to throw a book at the television set when he called for me to come play and I was obviously busy in the box. But I'm told that children of television performers grow up thinking that all mommies or daddies work on TV and that it's no big deal.


Jane Pauley


#big #big deal #book #box #busy

In opera, as with any performing art, to be in great demand and to command high fees you must be good of course, but you must also be famous. The two are different things.


Luciano Pavarotti


#any #art #command #course #demand

National sovereignty is an obligation as well as an entitlement. A government that will not perform the role of a government forfeits the rights of a government.


Richard Perle


#forfeits #government #national #national sovereignty #obligation

Performers like Tommy Cooper, who are always getting things wrong, are much more endearing than comedians who are sassy and smart.


Adrian Edmondson


#comedians #cooper #endearing #getting #like

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.


A. J. McLean


#i #love #musical #musical theatre #perform

When we'd suggested doing it, the Theatre Royal management had said, 'Nobody wants to see Waiting for Godot.' As it happened, every single ticket was booked for every single performance, and this confirmation that our judgment was right was sweet. Audiences came to us from all over the world. It was amazing.


Ian Mckellen


#audiences #booked #came #confirmation #doing

At the Olympics, you there to do a job. I feel you should take it seriously. You should be respectful. You are putting on the red-white-and-blue and going out there to perform for your country.


Shannon Miller


#feel #going #i #i feel #job

Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn't work.


Meredith Monk


#around #carrying #everything #get #going

When I perform, it's very personal. I'm sharing things I like, inviting the audience into my room.


Andy Kaufman


#i #into #inviting #like #perform

Eventually, I believe, current attempts to understand the mind by analogy with man-made computers that can perform superbly some of the same external tasks as conscious beings will be recognized as a gigantic waste of time.


Thomas Nagel


#attempts #beings #believe #computers #conscious






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