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I will talk about my dances...when I was onstage I simply forgot about the woman I was and offered everything to God. That is why I was able to undress so easily. At that moment, I was nothing, not even my body. I was just movements communing with the universe.
— Paulo Coelho
In the end, it all comes down to the art of breathing.
— Martha Graham
What-e're thou art, Act well thy part.
— David O. McKay
I really admire stand-up, and I think I would have loved to learn how to do it. I think it's terrifying and thrilling. A really cool thing to do. It's a dying art, in a way.
— Tina Fey
It [ballet] projects a fragile kind of strength and a certain inflexible precision.
— Ayn Rand
Ability is what you're capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.
— Lou Holtz
If you are building a culture where honest expectations are communicated and peer accountability is the norm, then the group will address poor performance and attitudes.
— Henry Cloud
Theater is a verb before it is a noun, an act before it is a place.
— Martha Graham
When someone who is known as a comedic actor goes to drama, it often doesn't work out, because they really just chose wrong, I think - or maybe they're just not good actors, I don't know.
— Jonah Hill
In other words, If you don't take action, you won't get any results You are not your resume, you are your work
— Seth Godin
If you sing to one person as if you're singing to a million, you will soon have an audience of a million.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
How much we like ourselves governs our performance.
— Brian Tracy