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?
BEVERLY SILLSI 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?
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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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 is the signature of civilizations.
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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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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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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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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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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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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 are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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 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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