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.
BEVERLY SILLSThe Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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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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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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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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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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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 think it is! I don’t feel overworked. I get a constant kick out of being heavily committed. Is that sick or something? God, what would I do sitting still?
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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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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.
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