#performance

The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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I'm on performance enhancing drugs, so I may cause drowsiness. ↗

— Jay London

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We were doing performance art as far back as 1965, just not calling it that. ↗

— Joseph Jarman

#back #calling #doing #far #just

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. ↗

— Malcolm X

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Jackie considered his resurrection, the world's best return performance. ↗

— Audrey Meadows

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In my whole career, in fact, I can remember only two first nights when a show was at its peak on the first night. And I just wish we could devise a system where critics came not on a single evening but were given a choice of performances to attend. ↗

— Richard McCabe

#came #career #choice #could #critics

It is strange how your understanding of a play changes. It normally happens after a performance and you suddenly think, 'So that's what that line really means' - it's like a light going on. ↗

— Richard McCabe

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I think movies are a director's medium in the end. Theater is the actor's medium. Theater is fast, and enjoyable, and truly rewarding. I believe in great live performance. ↗

— Sam Mendes

#believe #director #end #enjoyable #fast

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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