Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
BEVERLY SILLSWhen you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
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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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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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.
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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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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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