If you go on stage with the wrong attitude, or something in your performance is off, you can lose an audience in the first minute. That first minute is crucial.
We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.
Eden Ahbez, Musician (1908) |
Claudia Cardinale, Actress (1938) |
Bliss Carman, Poet (1861) |
Joe Davis, Celebrity (1901) |
Dave Edmunds, Musician (1944) |
Leonhard Euler, Mathematician (1707) |
Luke Evans, Actor (1979) |
Eva Figes, (1932) |
Jay Garner, Soldier (1938) |
Henry James, Writer (1843) |
Simon Dach, Poet (1659) |
William Empson, Poet (1984) |
Oliver Evans, Inventor (1819) |
Greta Garbo, Actress (1990) |
Jean Genet, Dramatist (1986) |
Abraham Lincoln, President (1865) |