In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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.
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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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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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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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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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 press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
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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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