I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
BEVERLY SILLSMy 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.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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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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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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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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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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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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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 don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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