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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.

Beverly Sills

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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Fame Hype Superstar
There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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Childhood Nuclear War
The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
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Children Ease Memorable
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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Drama Pretty Science Sound
Art is the signature of civilizations.
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Acceptance Art Inspirational
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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Dog Funny Running
It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
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Important Love One Seemed
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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Cheerful People Thinking
Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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Evening Ruins Whole
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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Careers Long Voice
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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Art Environmental Perception
There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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Achievement Cuts Cutting Short
I never share credit or desserts.
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Credit Dessert Share
Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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Beautiful Drama Meaningful
Don’t get me started on critics.
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Critics Started Get
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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Committed Heavenly Sitting Think
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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Anxiety Boss Reality
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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Art Direct Effect Indulge
There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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Admit Defeat Something
When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
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Feels Performer Sense Somersaults
I really do believe I can accomplish a great deal with a big grin, I know some people find that disconcerting, but that doesn’t matter.
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Believe Matter People
I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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Blame Credit Inspirational
Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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Attachment Love Spiritual
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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Inspirational Motivational Positive
I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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Cheerful Cheerfulness Happen
There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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Being Inspirational Strength Strong

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