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.
BEVERLY SILLSI 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.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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 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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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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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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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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Don’t get me started on critics.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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