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.
BEVERLY SILLSAs 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.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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Don’t get me started on critics.
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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 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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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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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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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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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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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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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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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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