There is no short cut to a place worth going.
BEVERLY SILLSThere is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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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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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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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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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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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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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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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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