Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
BEVERLY SILLSThere is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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 can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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 never share credit or desserts.
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When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
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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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As soon as I arrive at the house, Laurie starts running, hits my chest, knocks me down, and licks my face. It’s become a family ritual.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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 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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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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Don’t get me started on critics.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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