Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
BEVERLY SILLSOpera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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 Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
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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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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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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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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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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Don’t get me started on critics.
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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