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"Inside was the second LP album of a comedian's performance before an audience."
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"If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different."
"Tomorrow night I appear for the first time before a Boston audience - 4000 critics."
"The place trembled with sound. I didn't need to do anything. They would do it all. But you had to be careful. Drunk as they were they could immediately detect any false gesture, any false word. You could never underestimate an audience. They had paid to get in; they had paid for drinks; they intended to get something and if you didn't give it to them they'd run you right into the ocean."
"I attended a symposium to hear Shilagh Mirgain, Ph.D. speak on Mindful Leadership. Throughout her program, I made sure to make eye contact and smile to support, affirm, and engage with her presentation. When audience members do this for me, it adds an extra punch of dynamic energy that enriches my presentations and improves my performance."
"A magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances."
"Is it not strange that desire should so many years outlive performance?"
"Think like magician, present like magician and perform like magician."
"Save yourselves!" Percy warned. "It is too late for us!" Then he gasped and pointed to the spot where Frank was hiding. "oh no! Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin!" Nothing happened. "I said," Percy repeated, "Frank is turning into a crazy dolphin." Frank stumbled out of nowhere, making a big show of grabbing his throat. "oh no," he said, like he was reading from a teleprompter, "I am turning into a crazy dolphin."
"So much depends on the performance, and here you are also tied up in the emotion the game evokes."
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"The old problems - love, money, security, status, health, etc. - are still here to plague us or please us."
"As a culture I see us as presently deprived of subtleties. The music is loud, the anger is elevated, sex seems lacking in sweetness and privacy."
"As much experience, education and awareness as one can attain is important for a comedian."
"I am presently in my thirteenth year of teaching a graduate course at the University of Southern California."
"The Steve Allen Sunday night show had the right to two options after my first performance."
"The most memorable performance was my appearance in concert in Carnegie Hall. The first standup to do so."
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