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The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each performance differs in subtle ways.
Ansel Adams
Negative
Ways
Composer
Performance
Print
Score
Subtle
Comparable
Each
Differs
I love musicals; I love the ballet, opera, the circus. It's all performance to me.
Ian Mckellen
Love
Me
Circus
Musicals
Performance
Opera
Ballet
I still believe that 'No Smoking' is one of my best performances.
John Abraham
Best
Smoking
Believe
Performance
Still
No matter what position you're in, if you are receiving poor feedback from clients, co-workers, or in performance evaluations, then that's one of the clearest signs that you're not cut out for the job, or it's not right for you.
John Rampton
You
Feedback
Matter
Job
Signs
Out
Clearest
Performance
Clients
Poor
Cut
Then
Co-Workers
Right
Receiving
Position
Tales of cheating on school and college tests are rife. There have been instances where teachers have given students test answers in order to make themselves look good on their performance reviews. Mentors who should be teaching the opposite are sending a message that lying and cheating are acceptable.
Pamela Meyer
Good
School
College
Cheating
Lying
Given
Mentors
Students
Performance
Tales
Look
Message
Make
Acceptable
Answers
Test
Opposite
Been
Tests
Reviews
Sending
Where
Order
Themselves
Should
Teachers
Teaching
Who
Rife
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.
Pat Riley
Game
Way
Signature
Wins
Performance
Particular
Ball
Efficiency
Personal
Moving
Shot
Team
Player
If you have stage fright, it never goes away. But then I wonder: is the key to that magical performance because of the fear?
Stevie Nicks
You
Key
Fear
Stage
Magical
Never
Performance
Because
Wonder
Fright
Goes
Stage Fright
Then
Away
The years I spent paying my dues are in the background, and so are my concerns about whether my performance is good or bad.
Alan Arkin
Good
Background
Spent
Bad
About
Performance
Concerns
Dues
Years
Whether
Paying
No live performance can ever be perfect, and that's what keeps you on your toes - it pushes you to practice harder, show up for that 8 A.M. ballet class, and walk through the stage door every night just to have the chance to do it all again.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger
You
Class
Walk
Practice
Stage
Live
Every
Perfect
Through
Pushes
Performance
Ballet
Up
Just
Door
Again
Toes
Your
Show
Live Performance
Ever
Harder
Keeps
Every Night
Night
Chance
My performances have finally caught up with my ego.
Ato Boldon
Ego
Finally
Performance
Caught
Up
The actor depends wholly on himself. He gives his performance in what, to him, seems the most effective manner.
Bela Lugosi
Seems
Gives
He
Performance
Most
Him
Himself
His
Effective
Depends
Manner
Wholly
Actor
We all know business financial performance improves when more women are in senior levels of management and leadership.
Beth Brooke
Leadership
Business
Women
Management
Financial
More
Performance
Know
Women Are
Improves
Senior
Levels
The reason I moved to California the first time was to build the Cobra. I thought it was stupid to have a 1918 taxicab engine in what Europeans like to call a performance car when a little American V-8 could do the job better.
Carroll Shelby
Time
Better
Car
Job
Thought
First
Stupid
Build
Could
Performance
Like
California
Call
First Time
American
Moved
Little
Engine
Reason
Europeans
For me, everything is a performance.
Christine and the Queens
Me
Everything
Performance
We used to listen to Lionel Barrymore do 'A Christmas Carol' on the radio long ago, and I like Reginald Owen, who played Scrooge in the first treatment for the screen. But my favorite Scrooge was Alastair Sim. He was enchanting, an absolutely beautiful performance.
Christopher Plummer
Beautiful
Christmas
Long
First
Carol
Favorite
Absolutely
He
Performance
Like
Enchanting
Lionel
Listen
Screen
Used
Who
Radio
Played
Treatment
No expectations, no tension between goals and performance, no outrage, resolve or intention, no action, no results. There's only one way to get a government - and a nation - to stop drifting to low performance. That's to wake up and insist on higher standards.
Donella Meadows
Government
Goals
Wake Up
Insist
Nation
Action
Resolve
Way
One-Way
Drifting
Only
Only One Way
Results
Outrage
Higher
Tension
Performance
Between
Wake
Up
Expectations
Get
Intention
Stop
Low
Standards
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.
Douglas Conant
You
Trust
People
Inspire
Job
Energy
Extraordinary
Everyone
Aligned
Easier
Give
Direction
Gives
Excellence
Results
Deliver
Performance
Execute
Becomes
Enables
Permission
Go
Get
Commitments
Done
Them
Produce
Creating
Your
I knew credibility would come only in time and through earnest performances.
Dwayne Johnson
Time
Earnest
Would
Only
Through
Knew
Performance
Come
Credibility
What is a good performance? It lies in the hands and head of a performer... the shortest way between two people is not a straight line.
Earle Brown
Good
People
Way
Lies
Head
Performance
Between
Performer
Line
Hands
Straight
Shortest
Straight Line
Two
Two People
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
Best
Judge
Own
Performance
Sincerely
Himself
None
His
Subject
Author
Interested
Event
Deeply
A woman who places a high priority on performance and excellence is seen as imperial. A man is seen as demanding and tough.
Faye Wattleton
Man
Woman
Seen
Tough
Demanding
High
High Priority
Excellence
Imperial
Performance
Priority
Places
Who
During the songs, you transcend yourself. The best way to be in the performance is to be without pause and be essentially in the moment, in that moment of expression.
Florence Welch
Best
You
Yourself
Way
Best Way
Songs
Performance
Without
Essentially
Transcend
Pause
Moment
Expression
The voices of moral authority in the theatre demanded only punctuality and physical performance. In the light of continuing pressure and stress, the occasional lip service paid to moderation was meaningless. Starvation and poisoning were not excesses, but measures taken to stay within the norm.
Gelsey Kirkland
Service
Theatre
Light
Stress
Pressure
Moral Authority
Starvation
Punctuality
Moral
Stay
Physical
Only
Voices
Excess
Poisoning
Taken
Performance
Demanded
Occasional
Within
Were
Continuing
Norm
Lip
Lip Service
Authority
Moderation
Meaningless
Paid
Measures
What I learned from Mel Brooks was audacity - in performance as in life. Maybe you go too far, but try it.
Gene Wilder
Life
You
Try
Too
Mel Brooks
Brooks
Performance
Learned
Audacity
Go
Maybe
Far
The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.
Gwyneth Paltrow
Live
Addictive
Unlike
See
Adrenaline
Performance
Anything
Theater
Live Performance
Film
Why
I really am a theater person. That means you put something out there, and you let it go. Tomorrow night is a new performance.
Harvey Fierstein
You
Tomorrow
Out
Something
Put
Performance
New
Am
Go
Person
Theater
Really
Means
Night
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