#performance

It is enough that we set out to mold the motley stuff of life into some form of our own choosing; when we do, the performance is itself the wage. ↗

— Learned Hand

#enough #form #into #itself #life

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#before #being #cry #every #hated

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked. ↗

— Judy Holliday

#composers #fact #give #good #nobody

The road to freedom lies not through mysteries or occult performances, but through the intelligent use of natural forces and laws. ↗

— Ernest Holmes

#freedom #intelligent #laws #lies #mysteries

The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance. ↗

— Harry Houdini

#eating #entirely #fake #performance

No, I'm not a drug addict, and neither is my husband. If that were so, you'd get a lot less work out of me. It would show in the performances and in the work. ↗

— Whitney Houston

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The thing that's characteristic of my performance is that I literally do drag the whole studio onto the stage. ↗

— Laurie Anderson

#drag #i #literally #onto #performance

Reading should be a repeat performance. ↗

— John Barton

#reading #repeat #should

The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance. ↗

— Shelley Berman

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