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.
BEVERLY SILLSThe last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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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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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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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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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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Don’t get me started on critics.
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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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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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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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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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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…
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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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