I’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.
BEVERLY SILLSThere is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.
More Beverly Sills Quotes
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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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I don’t share blame. I don’t share credit. And I don’t share desserts.
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When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.
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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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There are no shortcuts to any place worth going.
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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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In youth we run into difficulties. In old age difficulties run into us.
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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.
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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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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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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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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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I never share credit or desserts.
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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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Art is the signature of civilizations.
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