Natalie Zemon Davis Quotes
In later years I never put aside this kind of inquiry, that is, into the modes of thinking and representation embedded in a text, but I asked new questions about ways of writing and the forms and rituals of discourse. I began to look not only at what was stated or declared in a text, but also at what was suggested through expression, through performance.
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It is hard to watch myself. I'm hypercritical, and it's difficult to watch a performance when I may end up being at odds with it - wishing I'd done something differently or that they had edited it a certain way.
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I believe in absolute freedom of expression. Everyone has a right to offend and be offended.
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What comprises good performance? The ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of the true content and affect of a composition.
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I thought Sarah Palin was the ultimate expression of comic outrageousness in a person.
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Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting as well. Just doing the news - the live performance - wasn't important. Working on the desk was.
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You have to always physicalize, when you do animation recording. Otherwise, you won't get the performance right.
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Those differences are what color the performance, but in the movies you don't get a chance to rehearse.
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Even though I've won numerous titles and an Olympic gold medal, there are still so many faults in my performance that I can honestly hardly bear to watch the videos back.
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Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
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Ben Stiller, who I love and who is a friend and is such an incredible actor - he's hilarious, obviously, but I thought his performance in 'Greenberg' was extraordinary.
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To the extent that philosophical positions both confuse us and close doors to further inquiry, they are likely to be wrong.
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We should purify our innate well of contentment - what a wonderful expression - and then external things will be in harmony with us.
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The typewriting machine, when played with expression, is no more annoying than the piano when played by a sister or near relation.
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Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
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I like the ephemeral thing about theatre, every performance is like a ghost - it's there and then it's gone.
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Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
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From a person standpoint, the old expression of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger is somewhat true.
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I look at old performance videos now, and it's really funny - I thought I was such a gangster!
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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.
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The toughest parts of the shooting schedule for me are the days between working, when you've nothing to do but wait. There is only so much time you can spend on a script before it becomes so rehearsed that your performance becomes rigid and immovable on the day of, so one has to occupy one's time in some fashion. For me, those interim days are usually spent exercising, exploring, learning to cook something edible, and working on my own creative endeavors.
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What has 'The Patchwork Girl of Oz' got in its favor? Quite a lot, from our point of view in 2009. If you want to see how Oz's creator envisioned his own work, here it is.
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In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.
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To dare to be aware of the facts of the universe in which we are existing calls for courage.
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In later years I never put aside this kind of inquiry, that is, into the modes of thinking and representation embedded in a text, but I asked new questions about ways of writing and the forms and rituals of discourse. I began to look not only at what was stated or declared in a text, but also at what was suggested through expression, through performance.
