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The same things we've done the past couple of seasons. We've worked on the engine and clutch. We'll try and pick up the performance and consistency of the car and go back out there.
Larry Dixon

Restoration I did because I really loved e novel and I like Michael Hoffman, who directed it, but it wasn't a really challenging part for me. I'm not critical of the film: I just don't think I gave a very interesting performance.
David Thewlis

I thought his performance was absolutely wonderful and had said so, but he seemed, as actors quite often are when they first see.something, to be disappointed. I think he expected more from the film and himself.
John Schlesinger

I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.
John Fogerty

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
Linda Chavez

All good performance pieces have some philosophical validity. That's the difference between mere theater and performance art.
Jack Bowman

The teacher of history's work should be, ideally, not simply a description of past cultures, but a performance of the culture in which we live and are increasingly taking our being.
William Irwin Thompson

Dance every performance as if it were your last.
Erik Bruhn

A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets paid. Just as you have to make a certain sales number, you have to make a diversity number to get your bonus.
Vernon Jordan

I am certainly suffering from a modicum of performance anxiety.
George Murray

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.
John Cale

Conductors don't suffer, they are part of the performance.
Michael Tippett

Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational.
Boris Kodjoe

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

No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't think anyone can argue that it was a false performance.
Richard Masur

So, sometimes, when I'm not happy with my performance and I have to think, I will think in English.
Sophie Marceau

I performed adequately at school, but in comparison to my older brother, who set the record for the highest cumulative average for our high school, my performance was decidedly mediocre.
Steven Chu

The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.
Kazuo Ishiguro

I'd never played a cop before, and this particular role with what she is going thru, especially during the first season, covering her alcoholism to her on the job performance, was a great opportunity for me as an actress.
Nancy McKeon

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of the particular performance, but one can certainly approach the piece from different points of view. That's what makes it interesting and keeps it alive.
Sarah Caldwell

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