When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
BEVERLY SILLSWhy let one high C ruin your whole evening?
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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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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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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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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It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
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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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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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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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