When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
BEVERLY SILLSIt seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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 a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
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Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?
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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.
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I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.
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I never share credit or desserts.
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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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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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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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Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.
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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’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.
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