You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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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 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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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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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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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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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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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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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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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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