"There is no strong performance without a..." - Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is no strong performance without a little fanaticism in the performer.
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“The primary wisdom is intuition. In that deep force, the last fact behind which analysis cannot go, all things find their origin.”
“Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate.”
“An eminent teacher of girls said, "the idea of a girl's education, is, whatever qualifies them for going to Europe.”
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“Some people don't do well simply because they don't feel well.”
“Most people think they know what they are good at. They are usually wrong... And yet, a person can perform only from strength.”
“We can't make people better by trying to eliminate their weaknesses, but we can help then perform better by building on their strengths.”
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“If there were an honorable way to get rich, I’d do it, even if it meant being a stooge standing around with a whip. But there isn’t an honorable way, so I just do what I like.”
“At 25, I was in the audience of my first professional speaker, Bob Bales. His presentation got my attention. I had never seen anyone having so much fun 'at work' and getting paid for it!”
“Suddenly the drunken sweetheart appeared out of my door. She drank a cup of ruby wine and sat by my side. Seeing and holding the lockets of her hair My face became all eyes, and my eyes all hands.”