There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
BEVERLY SILLSYou may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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I’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.
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My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, for man’s anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires.
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I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.
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It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.
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I can make a pretty tone as well as anyone, but there are times when the drama of a scene demands the opposite of a pretty sound.
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A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
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I think it is! I don’t feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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