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.
BEVERLY SILLSWhy let one high C ruin your whole evening?
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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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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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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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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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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 can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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