Beverly Sills Quotes
Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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It's those damn critics again.
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Fitzgerald was a modernist.
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I think I am very hands-on mother. I am very strict, and my daughter keeps telling me, 'You are too hard on me,' and I keep telling her, 'I have to be hard because if I am not hard, you will not learn the lessons that I want you to learn.' I think it is really important to be that way.
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I'm trying hard to keep my Australian accent. My mom would disown me if I didn't.
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I love Quentin Tarantino; I love Harmony Korine, Larry Clarke.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I just heard the latest joke about my hair: 'Do you know what that is on her head? It's a steering wheel to drive the state.'
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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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It may be true, that men, who are mere mathematicians, have certain specific shortcomings, but that is not the fault of mathematics, for it is equally true of every other exclusive occupation.
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A good stand-up, you lead the audience. You don't kowtow to the audience. Sometimes the audience is wrong. I always think the audience is wrong.
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To succeed in business, to reach the top, an individual must know all it is possible to know about that business.
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Living in New York, for me at least, just keeps it very real and keeps my feet firmly planted on the ground.
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Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
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I need to meet people to be able to write.
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It was very unusual, because normally the producer requests the test to determine whether they want to hire someone or not. Olivia was concerned about playing a seventeen year old.
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My parents wouldn't have sent me out into the world with wool over my eyes. You have to be aware, or you'll be swallowed.
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I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable.
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The best way to ruin a comedy is to throw a lot of money at it.
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All I want to do really is get married and be a matriarch.
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A lot of people think that reptiles don't feel, and they do. I think everyone should keep in mind what it is they are buying and if it is really worth it to them.
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Widespread intellectual and moral docility may be convenient for leaders in the short term, but it is suicidal for nations in the long term. One of the criteria for national leadership should therefore be a talent for understanding, encouraging, and making constructive use of vigorous criticism.
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When you act, you really have to give all of yourself, and if you're doing that purely for money, it's not healthy.
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Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
