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.
BEVERLY SILLSDon’t get me started on critics.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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There is no short cut to a place worth going.
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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.
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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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 press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.
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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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