Beverly Sills

Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?

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So long as it doesn’t get to the point where you don’t remember whose opera you’re listening to, I’m willing to experiment.

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I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

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There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.

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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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Just sing it. Don’t prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you’ll lose.

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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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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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There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

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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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Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

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There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.

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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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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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When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.

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The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.

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There were times in my career … when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.

Why let one high C ruin your whole evening?

So long as it doesn’t get to the point where you don’t remember whose opera you’re listening to, I’m willing to experiment.

I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.

There are an awful lot of skinny people in the cemetery.

The Lourie Center eases the burden of children and their families through early intervention and diagnoses and treatment.

Just sing it. Don’t prove you can sing it. I know you can, you know you can. So just do it, because if you try to prove it, you’ll lose.

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.

Opera is an extremely disciplined art form, and every excess a singer indulges in has a direct effect on the voice.

There is a growing strength in women, but it is in the forehead, not in the forearm.

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.

Attachment to spiritual things is… just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.

There is something in me-I just can’t stand to admit defeat.

I’ve always tried to be cheerful, because I think people who whine are boring, and I never could tolerate bores.

The press frequently sneers at the hype devoted to a superstar, but the press itself is responsible for all the hype.

When you’re in love, the whole world is Jewish.

The last major childhood disease remains and it’s the worst of them all: nuclear war.

There were times in my career … when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.

Don’t get me started on critics.

I can’t be happy every day but I can be cheerful.