It seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not, more important now was for me to love them
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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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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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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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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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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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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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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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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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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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.
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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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