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.
BEVERLY SILLSThere are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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I know that anybody who does all this and doesn’t have to, everything thinks she’s very driven. The truth is, I enjoy it all so! Can’t it be that simple?
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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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My voice had a long, nonstop career. It deserves to be put to bed with quiet and dignity, not yanked out every once in a while to see if it can still do what it used to do. It can’t.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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