Don’t get me started on critics.
BEVERLY SILLSThe last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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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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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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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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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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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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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The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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