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.
BEVERLY SILLSThere is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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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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It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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 can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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