Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.
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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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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 can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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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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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 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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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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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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Everything you need you already have. You are complete right now, you are a whole, total person, not an apprentice person on the way to someplace else. Your completeness must be understood by you and experienced in your thoughts as your own personal reality.
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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