"We do what we can, and then make a theory to prove our performance the best."
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"It's true, spectacular preparation always precedes spectacular performance."
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"The Kobe 8 is about enhanced performance. It's the most comfortable shoe I have worn. It's simplistic but has an edge to it."
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"A person can perform only from strength. One cannot build performance on weakness, let alone on something one cannot do at all."
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"You just have to take control of your own performance."
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"If I think about the way I was drawn into the music, it was much more by recordings than by live performances."
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"My best performances were when I was 30 years old, and I was a vegan."
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"I let the performance speak for itself."
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"Winners believe in their worth in advance of their performance."
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"You'll see some great performances [in Fences]. And I'm not just saying that because I directed it either! You'll see!"
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"Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation"
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"I couldn't worry about whether I`m gonna make it onstage or not. You can't. You just gotta do it. And if you do, you do, and if you don't, you don't, and then something else happens. That's the point of the live performance."
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"Robin Williams understands sonic performances. He understands what it's like to change your voice up."
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"Bridal is very much a performance - it is the one grand event in every woman's life."
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"Every performance is different. That's the beauty of it."
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"Music is about the performance."
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"We can't make a giant sprawling movie. We're going to make a small movie. And what we got is what I could get, performance-wise."
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"Distinguish between the person and the behavior or performance."
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"Computers double their performance every month."
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"An amazing performance is always a reflection of awesome amounts of practice."
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