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.
BEVERLY SILLSI 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?
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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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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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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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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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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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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