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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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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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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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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 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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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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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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Don’t get me started on critics.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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