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Opera is music AND drama. I’m prepared to sacrifice the beautiful note for the meaningful sound any time…

Beverly Sills

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
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
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
There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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Admit Defeat Something
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
In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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Getting Older Running Time
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
There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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Awful People Skinny
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
Don’t get me started on critics.
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Critics Started Get
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
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
Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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Evening Ruins Whole
I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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Blame Credit Inspirational
Art is the signature of civilizations.
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Acceptance Art Inspirational

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