Beverly Sills Quotes
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When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden.
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As a black actress you've got to work doubly hard. But it doesn't ever get me to the point where I give up on myself. It just motivates me to be more prepared, focus and disciplined. That's why I care so much about doing black films and making sure that we represent and are represented correctly.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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History is the present. That's why every generation writes it anew. But what most people think of as history is its end product, myth.
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I think there's a difference when you make fun of yourself and your own behavior, and when you dishonor or disrespect Christ. If you're making a mockery of Christ is one thing. But if you're just joking about human foibles and weaknesses, I think that's perfectly acceptable.
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The Federal Reserve is incapable of accomplishing its stated objectives.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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Hack fiction exploits curiosity without really satisfying it or making connections between it and anything else in the world.
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I came to Berlin not to visit its museums and galleries, its operas, its theaters... but for the sake of seeing and speaking with the world's greatest living man - Alexander von Humboldt.
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Your man Daddy Yankee, some black and white people who know what's going on in the 'hood and the clubs are supporting him and loving him. But he's speaking Spanish, and he's speaking directly to the Latino people, and the people who know the language really dig it.
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I'm a plodder, one foot in front of the other. Life is all about understanding that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. And it's your ability with how you deal with that adversity that ultimately affects your success.
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I think the technology will get bigger and the price of Bitcoin will go up, so I'm speculating to increase my purchasing power. But I don't intend to sell the Bitcoin. I intend to hold it until there's a day where I can just use Bitcoin completely.
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I had admired Richard Burton for years and years before I had ever worked with him. He was a great, great actor. It was a joy to get to know him as a person.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The laws of the marketplace are physical laws, and they don't become suspended in a crisis any more than the law of gravity does.
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There are parents who are really angry that I decided to portray people who have come into the country illegally as decent human beings.
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I don't really talk about 'Next to Normal' that much anymore.
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My success was due to good luck, hard work, and support and advice from friends and mentors. But most importantly, it depended on me to keep trying after I had failed.
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The first audition I did was for 'Trapper John, M.D.' I was surprised to get the part, and then to have it last for seven years was a bonus.
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Growing up on the border there, we were always frustrated with people's pronunciations of towns in Michigan, and people mispronouncing Illinois. There are all these Native American words that no one really knows how to pronounce.
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In a job negotiation, the implementation of that deal is your success that also causes the company to succeed.
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There is a growing strength in women but it's in the forehead, not the forearm.
