Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.
BEVERLY SILLSEverything 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.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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 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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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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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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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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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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