You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
BEVERLY SILLSAttachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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 is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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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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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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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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Don’t get me started on critics.
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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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The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
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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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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