Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
BEVERLY SILLSThere are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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 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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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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 are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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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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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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